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GA-ASI Makes Persistent Situational Awareness More Affordable
The new Integrated Intelligence Center (I2C) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) will provide innovative ways to improve the user experience for operators of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and other multi-domain Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platforms using automation and user experience-based design (UX). The system makes situational awareness more affordable for all involved, including intelligence analysts, mission supervisors, and decision makers.
“I2C will rapidly transform data into actionable intelligence for operators,” said David R. Alexander, president, GA-ASI. “We see benefits to the warfighter on many fronts, including the reduction of operational cost – whether it’s Ground Ops, Air Ops, or Intel Ops. By combining XC2, Automatic Takeoff and Landing, Multi-Mission Control and our single-seat Certifiable Ground Control Station, we will reduce manning by 50 per cent.”
GA-ASI’s modular and open software architecture design promotes horizontal integration of third-party software and rapid integration of new capabilities making the following developments the ideal set of ISR tools for streamlined and improved collaboration. This extends to multi-INT data across multi-domain platforms.
eXpeditionary Command & Control (XC2): XC2 laptop leverages GA-ASI’s Advanced Cockpit development by porting select capabilities to a ruggedised laptop. A forward-deployed maintainer can use the laptop to employ automated pre-flight and post-flight checklists that reduce setup times by up to 50 per cent and reduces the airlift requirements by eliminating the need for a forward-deployed Ground Control Station (GCS).
Certifiable Ground Control Station (CGCS): The CGCS enables single-seat operations to reduce manpower requirements. Its tactical situation display unifies ISR and C4ISR data, as well as mission planning into a single Common Operating Picture (COP). The integrated Collins Pro Line Fusion enables CGCS certifiability for operation in national airspace.
The CGCS architecture provides separation between flight and mission critical functions. Flight critical functions are performed using off-the-shelf avionics and flight computers running GA-ASI’s certifiable DAL B software. The mission critical functions are separated and run alongside GA-ASI’s proven Advanced Cockpit payload and weapons equipment.
Multi-Mission Controller (MMC): The MMC enables a single user to safely control multiple aircraft and perform transit and routine ISR missions using a hand controller. When an aircraft is tasked with performing more dynamic ISR or a strike mission, MMC allows a rapid handoff of the aircraft to a dedicated GCS, where a mission crew can take control.
Metis: It is a map-based interface that enables a pre-approved Metis user to request ISR products from the RPA, similar to ordering a car from Uber. Once the Metis user sends a task, it’s transmitted to MMC in real time. The MMC user selects the task and an integrated third-party auto-router automatically generates a safe route to the requested target. Metis shares task and ISR information instantaneously between Supported Units, Air Crews, and Intel Analysts.
STARE: The System for Tactical Archival, Retrieval, and Exploitation’s (STARE) Common Operation Picture shows aircraft locations, as well as ISR assets and their payload data. The Multi-INT exploitation tool ingests, archives, disseminates and makes ISR data discoverable for imagery analysts to utilise. STARE reduces data exploitation tasks from hours to minutes.
Automation of Intel Ops: I2C integrates third party capabilities and software services to make Intel analysts more effective. Automated Activity Alerts – based on Multi-INT data correlation – reduces the need for eyes-on RPA sensor data to pick out significant activity. GA-ASI is partnering with companies specialising in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning with proven AI-based systems deployed across multiple commercial sectors. GA-ASI works with these businesses to train their AI capability with MQ-9, MQ-1C and Predator ISR data.
These capabilities are either operationally deployed, undergoing customer operational assessment or are actively flying aircraft. I2C is made to ingest ISR data from any airborne, ground, or space-based system, not just GA-ASI aircraft.
Capabilities Demonstrated
On August 28, GA-ASI demonstrated MMC and Metis during a live flight using company-owned MQ-9 Block 1 and MQ-9 Block 5 RPA. MMC enabled a single pilot to control multiple RPA for transit operations and routine ISR missions using a streamlined graphical user interface and lightweight hand controller. Metis integrated ISR tasking requirements with the MMC to dynamically task the MQ-9 assets, as well as report task status and share ISR information using a social media-like interface.
These capabilities employ an open architecture design that integrates Artificial Intelligence-based functions such as automatic ISR data processing and natural language processing for automated communications. This open approach enables rapid integration that can be applied to other capabilities like those using the Open Mission System (OMS) standard, and other aircraft like the MQ-9B SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian, MQ-1C Gray Eagle, and Predator XP.
The MMC and Metis flights demonstrated a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 7 capability. In a case when one MMC aircraft is dynamically tasked to perform a strike mission or a more dynamic ISR mission, the system allows seamless handoff of the aircraft to a dedicated GCS where the mission execution crew can prosecute the new tasking. Both MMC and Metis can be used across military forces and for non-defence applications.
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