DARPA Co AX Coalition TIE Technology Integration

DARPA Co. AX – Coalition TIE Technology Integration Experiment AFRL Rome, AIAI, Boeing, Dartmouth, DERA Malvern, Lockheed Martin ATL, Michigan, MIT Sloan, OBJS, USC/ISI, UWF/IHMC Support from BBN, GITI, ISX, MITRE, Schafer, Stanford Coalition Agents e. Xperiment (Co. AX) http: //www. aiai. ed. ac. uk/project/coax/

Briefing Outline Co. AX u Aims and Scenario u Co. AX Components Demonstrations 9 -Month Demonstration Next Steps Summary u u Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 2

Co. AX Message Co. AX u Operational Message u Interoperability of Systems u Agility and robustness u Coalition and “virtual” organizations u Technical Message u Agents as an appropriate paradigm to facilitate interoperability u Middleware of Grid is valuable for rapid configuration u Utility of domain management and task/process management services Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 3

Co. AX u u u Increasing military requirements for coalition operations Belief that agent computational model is a good fit to meet coalition interoperability requirements US and UK Agent Research Programmes u u u Context US DARPA Control of Agent Based Systems (Co. ABS) UK DERA Agents Project Need for “middleware” such as is provided by Co. ABS Grid Infrastructure Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 4

Co. AX u u Aim of Coalition TIE Aim is to address unique aspects of coalition operations through the development and evaluation of agent domain and task management services Aim will be met through delivery of: u Phased technical demonstrations of increasing complexity u Development of generic Coalition-oriented grid services u Requirements: u Use of a wide variety of different agent systems u Use of existing military (non-agent) applications Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 5

Key Coalition Drivers Co. AX u Different cultures, doctrines, and languages: u u Incompatibility of respective national information systems: u u u Different doctrine, decision making, rules of engagement and, in general, mission “agendas” Command authorities - agreement and transfers Different interpretation of situational information Different technology skill and equipment levels Lack of information systems resource sharing agreements Variable reliability of components and infrastructures Lack of compatible security architectures Need for rapid configuration and reconfiguration by personnel with limited training Limited models for coalition force operations Derived from Le. Roy Pearce (Canadian MOD), 1999 Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 6

Co. AX u u u Key Technical Drivers Cannot assume interoperability, reliability or availability of different nations systems Need for partial (secure) sharing and visualization of processes, data and facilities Need to work with agents in multiple dynamically determined domains Need for flexible inter-agent task and process management Need for rapid formation, management and change of agent relationships Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 7

Co. AX Binni - Gateway to the Golden Bowl of Africa Rathmell, R. A. (1999) A Coalition Force Scenario 'Binni - Gateway to the Golden Bowl of Africa', in Proceedings of the International Workshop on Knowledge-Based Planning for Coalition Forces, (ed. Tate, A. ) pp. 115 -125, Edinburgh, Scotland, 10 th-11 th May 1999. Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 8

175 Heights (metres) To Cunmege 20 N 32 E S 35 E GAO im-Gao Anala Libar Biloo Setting mbo Grandville Antok Kaso 36 E Range 21 N Minga Dado Transport 38 E Bave CACA Kolla 876 Hakkali REGION Laval Geography Cape Amstado Kaso Lagoon Gamba. Q Water Dinga arpme nt Q Masembi LAKE CACA Brongo 788 tea u Jinja Kw ahu Pla Kamongo Sagiba UGWULU 175 NORTHERN REGION hi W Libretto te ca Ca Epidurango 482 613 Nedalla LAKI × 588 Langford Bisha Wampimba AGADEZ Falo Slabo Wazilla 36 E 37 E 613 542 17 N Cape Vincent WESTERN REGION Tana 16 N Anguiba Akimbo 39 38 E E Kutchi Esc allo arra 15 N Deanville To Bisa COSTA DEL MARIA Sonara pe To Petit Paris To 35 E Q × Ankobra To H Binni - All Features Sandosta Suthertown Salisbury Belucar 34 E Komenda fin 752 Sellerham 15 N Sagotown 18 N Diplombo Elmina Pra Donga O K aca Black C Saltpond Amisa Polia UPPER REGION 33 E Achobo Jamestown Kingtown Lissa 39 E 123 CENTRAL REGION Slafito wa 19 N Wonka Adaido 707 St Andrews o ap 32 E Zaribe Gonobo Grandvache Zingato × 436 e Ra wa ng a ASHANTI REGION 16 N 390 BANDAR REGION Bonrope 775 At Aida Kwanabouri Afram × Lat / Long × Q BANDAR Blackman Tonka EASTERN REGION 268 li Names Nanga Esuko Laponga SIKASSO Caca Dam Asoba CACA REGION Maw 17 N Q Daka Gambaga Higgville Cac a Zatu ga Esc 18 N AGADEZ LAYERS: 37 E egu 34 E 33 E 19 N 527 31 E ecil Tracks Akwap Jacal 31 E Q Civilian Airfields To C Gravel roads To T ifillo E Military airfields To S Ports Tarmac roads mple × Q BANDAR Population centres Brongo W Railways a To P N KEY Return

N E Kaso Lagoon S Cape Amstado LAKE Cac a Jacal CACA Daka li Amisa te hi W ca Ca Afram Gao forces Maw wa Agadez forces po Ka fin Pra O W Forces separated by firestorm Cape Vincent Ankobra Tana Firestorm aca Black C

N W E Gao deception is intended to displace firestorm: separation fails. Kaso Lagoon S Cape Amstado LAKE Cac a Jacal CACA Daka te hi W False Gao forces li ca Ca Agadez forces Firestorm O wa fin Pra po Ka Amisa Afram Gao forces Maw Cape Vincent Ankobra Tana False Agadez forces aca Black C

Briefing Outline Co. AX u Aims and Scenario u Co. AX Components u Demonstrations TTCP Demonstration Next Steps Summary u u u Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 12

Co. AX Components Agent Frameworks KAo. S Agents (Boeing, IHMC) NOMADS Mobile Agents (IHMC) EMAA/CAST Agents (LM ATL) D’Agents (Dartmouth) e. Gents (OBJS) Agents on the Grid AODB Agent (LM ATL) Observer Agents (Dartmouth) e. Gents E-mail Agents (OBJS) Malicious Agents (IHMC, Boeing) Web Weather Agent (USC/ISI) … Military Systems CAMPS (AFRL, GITI, BBN) MBP (DERA) … Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 13 DARPA Co. ABS Grid (GITI, ISX) Agent Grid Services Task and Process Management (AIAI) Domain Management Services (Boeing, IHMC) Asynchronous Wireless Connectivity (OBJS) Plan Deconfliction (Michigan) Exception Handling (MIT)

Briefing Outline Co. AX u Aims and Scenario Co. AX Components u Demonstrations u 9 -Month Demonstration Next Steps Summary u u u Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 14

Demonstration Schedule Co. AX u u u 1 -month demo at kick-off in February 2000 showing direct connection between DERA MBP and LM ATL AODB 6 -month integration milestone in July 2000 showing initial integration of selected Co. AX components for 9 -month demo in October 2000: u u u 18 -month demo in July 2001 showing full integration of all Co. AX components in a rich coalition scenario: u u Brief the Co. AX TIE and Binni scenario Show full integration of selected Co. AX components Show that selected components interoperate in a Binni-based scenario Tell a relevant “story” about agents for information gathering Additional stand-alone demos of other components Expanding scope to cover planning and execution 30 -month demo in July 2002 showing dynamic aspects of domain management and tasking Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 15

Co. AX u u Month 1 - Initial Demonstration involved AFRL Rome, DERA Malvern and LM ATL and was a first (risk reduction) step toward Co. AX Demo showed legacy applications can be usefully integrated into an agent framework Master Battle Planner v 2. 1 (DERA, UK) EMAA / CAST Agents (LM ATL, US) Co. ABS Grid Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 16 AODB

Co. AX u u u 6 -Month (July 2000) Milestone Report Eleven agents in three separate agent domains representing coalition functional units (JTF HQ, JFAC HQ, Gao Intel) Binni scenario information used to drive storyboard Tasking and control across coalition functional units Visualization of coalition C 2 process via a simple process model Simple policy administration tool for selective information sharing and communication blocking Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 17

6 -Month (July 2000) Milestone Structure Co. AX Gao Intel Dbii DM 2 Intel 2 Dbi JFAC HQ Intel 1 MM 2 JTF HQ MBP PP' MM 3 DM 1 Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 18 Domain-aware conversational grid agents LM-ATL Non-domain-aware message -based grid agents AODB

Co. AX u u u Focus on information-gathering phase First interoperation of agent-wrapped legacy US and UK systems New agents and domains u u u Three additional agent domains (6 domains and ~25 agents) Incorporation of domain-aware CAMPS airlift planning system Ariadne agent providing publicly available weather information More powerful Process Panel New domain management functionality u u u 9 -Month (October 2000) Demonstration Report Malicious observer agent thwarted by domain management and NOMADS resource control mechanisms KAo. S Policy Administration Tool (KPAT) administering communication, registration, and resource policies New stand-alone demonstrations: u u u MIT exception handling U. Michigan plan deconfliction Dartmouth ‘observer agents’ Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 19

Co. AX 9 -Month (October 2000) Demonstration Structure Gao Intel Dbii DM 2 Intel 2 Dbi JTF HQ JFAC HQ US DM 4 MM 4 AL Plan AODB Weather Viz MM 1 AODB Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 20 CAMPS ALDB PP' MM 3 DM 3 MBP Intel 1 DM 1 LM-ATL MM 2 Ariadne Weather Observers (Intel) MM 5 DGO DM 5 DAO Gao Obs. MM 6 GAO DM 6 Sub-domain of “Observers”

Briefing Outline Co. AX u Aims and Scenario Co. AX Components Demonstrations u 9 -Month Demonstration u Next Steps Summary u u u Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 21

Co. AX

Briefing Outline Co. AX u Aims and Scenario Co. AX Components Demonstrations 9 -Month Demonstration u Next Steps u Summary u u u Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 23

Co. AX u More realism in coalition structures u u u All Co. AX members integrated (9 domains and ~35 agents) Coalition agents playing multiple roles in different domains New policies additional robustness and security Added functionality in process and task management Increased scope of Binni scenario demonstration u u u 18 -Month (July 2001) Demonstration Plan Richer information gathering phase Extend scope to execution phases with agent systems responding dynamically to events Incorporating coalition functionality becomes easier u Packaging capabilities as pluggable grid services Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 24

18 -Month (July 2001) Demo Structure Observers Dbiii UK Co. AX Intel 3 Shared MM 7 Intel 1 a DM 7 ALDB Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 25 MM 6 DM 6 MM 2 Intel 2 IM EH Plan Dec. PP Coalition Weather DAO GAO MM 1 DM 1 MBP Intel 1 AODB (Intel) DGO Gao Obs. JFAC HQ US LM-ATL CAMPS DM 5 DM 8 MM 8 Dbi DM 4 MM 4 AL Plan AODB MM 5 DM 2 Gao Intel MM 3 Dbii Met. MM 9 Weather Viz DM 9 Ariadne

Co. AX u Dynamic “come as you are” coalition formation u u u 30 -Month (July 2002) Demonstration Plan Dynamic creation of ‘virtual coalition organization’ Agents and domains added to coalition structure ‘on-the-fly’ Dynamic coalition tasks and processes Tailored visualizations High-level tools usable without specialized training Generic task, process, and domain management tools Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 26

Briefing Outline Co. AX u Aims and Scenario Co. AX Components Demonstrations 9 -Month Demonstration Next Steps u Summary u u Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 27

Co. AX u u 1 -month, 6 -month and 9 -month demo milestones successfully completed 100+ page ‘living document’ describing Co. AX contributions and Binni ‘FLASH’ scenario delivered Ongoing work with GITI on design for packaging of agent domain and process management services for the grid Extended demonstration ready for Co. ABS workshop in January 2001 u u u Status and Next Steps Integrated demonstration 4 Stand-alone demonstrations Links to Joint Battlespace Infosphere, Joint Battlespace Digitisation Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 28

Co. AX u u u Summary Coalition operations is a matter of high concern for the military and a great proving ground for agent research Binni provides mature rich source of realistic scenario data Actual military tools used in true cross-national collaboration—hope to expand to additional nations in the future Seventeen partners cooperating in phased technical integration demonstrators Co. ABS Grid provided necessary interoperability Significant new research issues being addressed of both theoretical and practical significance Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 29

Co. AX u u u Further Information and Involvement Co. AX and Binni documentation available http: //www. aiai. ed. ac. uk/project/coax/ We encourage further participation… u In addressing key coalition and technical drivers u In seeking operational opportunities u In seeking inter-program links u In future demonstrations Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 30

Co. AX/TTCP Briefing - 31 The End