Attachment_15_-_TUDSlickSheet.pdf

Threat Unmanned Devices (TUD)

Providing Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance to the T&E Community

Challenge

Military systems are facing many complex challenges in providing a realistic threat for use in testing against

DoD and Joint battlefield systems. The threat systems employed against the DoD and Joint battlefield systems must be able to accurately portray threat capabilities that friendly systems are expected to encounter in real-world applications. These threat systems must be able to conduct threat representative missions across the full scope of combat operations representing any potential adversary, at any potential level of sophistication, in the world.

Solution

Threat Unmanned Devices provides a threat Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capability to accurately portray expected Threat Force representations and threat communications. Threat Forces and

Friendly Forces will be given the opportunity to locate, identify, and target their respective enemy systems. The

TUD program encompasses the integration of aerial ISR packages on surrogate Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

(UAV) platforms, and Threat UAV systems. Integrated payloads include an Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) sensor and a Control Signal Transmitter (CST) for Injection Jamming. Seismic and acoustic ground sensors are also available for urban and field training and tests.

Result

The TUD program provides the visibility to a Common Operating Picture (COP) for the Threat Force

Commander. This provides the Red Forces a better visualization of the ongoing mission, and allows the

Commander to better direct the efforts of the entire Threat Force. It also provides a platform to launch

Electronic Warfare attacks or any similar payload from the air.

Threat Unmanned Devices (TUD)

Providing Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance to the T&E Community

Capabilities

A Diamond DA-40 aircraft will be used as an aerial platform for a number of airborne threat sensors to simulate a threat UAV. The payloads are controlled via an interface which also provides the pilot direction. The DA-40 has the following threat capabilities:

Programmable configurations for mission payloads

EO/IR tracking of moving targets.

Simulated target designation.

Signal injection jamming from the CST

Geolocated images of targets

Native integration with the ITF TENA network

60 miles operational radius from ground antenna

The Rover Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is a 7 foot, hand launched reconnaissance and surveillance

UAV driven by an electric motor, resulting in a very small visual and audio. Its payload can be either daylight video or still imagery, or near-IR video.

All data is streamed to a Ground Control Station

(GCS) that links to the command and control headquarters.

The UGS from the Harris Falcon Watch product line provide a perimeter ISR capability that can be scaled to cover any size area and observed from the

DA-40 GCS providing the operator with a complete view of all the sensors in one package. The UGS include seismic, acoustic, magnetic, and passive IR detectors.

Applications

The TUD program will be used to support

Operational Test and Evaluation events to better simulate current threats in today's warfare environment and improve the DoD and Joint battlefield systems by providing ISR to the Threat

Forces capability.

Integrated Threat Force (ITF)

The Threat Unmanned Devices program is integrated with TSMO’s ITF program to deliver aerial and ground Intelligence, Surveillance, and

Reconnaissance data to the Red Threat

Commander in support of tactical, operational, and strategic threat representation for operational tests.