National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Advanced Technical Exploitation

Contract

Ms Karen Holland
Senior Intelligence Analyst
25 Oct 2007

This Briefing is:

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Overview

• Background
• Intelligence Community
• NASIC Data Exploitation History
• NASIC GEOINT/AGI Missions
• NASIC MASINT Missions
• Contract Support
• Acquisition Strategy – Past & Present
• Contacts

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Intelligence Community Overview

Dept of CIA
State
Dept of DIA
Energy
DEA Army
Intel
Director of
Dept of National Intelligence
Treasury Navy Intel

Depart of DDNI DDNI

Homeland Management National Coast Guard
Security Intelligence
Council
USAF
FBI Intel

USMC
NRO Intel
Chain of Command
NSA NGA
AF/A2
= Non-DoD AF ISR Agency
= DoD
NASIC

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National Air & Space Intelligence Center
Data Exploitation History 1917-1970

• AF Service Intelligence Center (SIC)

• Emphasis on Scientific & Technical
Intelligence
• Data Exploitation Center
• Large data infrastructure
• Leader in developing algorithms,
tools and data exploitation
processes
• SIGINT
• OSINT
• MASINT
• IMINT
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National Air & Space Intelligence Center
Data Exploitation History 1970-Present

Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

MASINT Executive Agent
• National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency (NGA)
• Imagery Derived MASINT- Advanced
Geospatial Intelligence (AGI)
• Air Force Tech Sensor Program -
MASINT
• DIA Executive Agent & NGA
National Center of Excellence
• Tasking, Processing, Exploitation &
Dissemination (TPED)
• AGI & MASINT
• ~ 600 Personnel
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NASIC GEOINT Missions
AGI Sub-disciplines

Geospatial

Imagery
ONIR (AGI)

Thermal (AGI) Spectral (AGI)

GMTI-F (AGI) SAR (AGI)

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NASIC GEOINT Missions
AGI Sub-discipline

Geospatial

Imagery
Lead Center
ONIRwithin
(AGI) the AGI (GEOINT) community with:
• Broad cross section of dedicated data sources
• Significant numbers
Thermalof specialized
(AGI) analysts
Spectral (AGI)
• Scientists and developers focused on each source
• Single organization at one geographic location
SAR (AGI)
GMTI-F (AGI)

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Dayton GEOINT Enterprise

Integrated Development and Analysis Center (IDAC)

Industry
NGA/NSG Army/Navy Air Force
AGI
Production AGI R & D
Innovation
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AGI Analyst Certification Model

AGI
In depth analysis Integ Level
and integration 3

Level
Production and analysis
2
ONIR MSI TIR SAR

Core Knowledge
and Intelligence Basic Intelligence Course Level
indoctrination 1
Foundations Course

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NASIC MASINT Missions
Today

OTHR

Technical Sensors
Directed Energy

SOI Radar (LOS)

Optical NCTI

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NASIC MASINT Missions
Today

OTHR

Technical Sensors
Lead Center within
Directed the Intelligence community with:
Energy
• From ground station to dissemination
• Significant numbers SOIof specialized analysts
Radar (LOS)
• Scientists and developers focused on each source
• Single organization at one geographic location
NCTI
Optical

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WPMDC
Wright-Patterson MASINT/AGI Development Consortium

• Basis for Formation

• AFIT, AFRL, and NASIC share complementary MASINT/AGI
capabilities development activities
• All located at WPAFB
• Each pursuing leading edge
technology for future MASINT/AGI
• Research, Thesis & Dissertation
• Lecture series & workshops
• SOCHE
• Goals:
• Increase MASINT/AGI collaboration
• Create cadre of MASINT/AGI expertise
• Improve remote sensing & data exploitation for MASINT/AGI

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Current Contract Support

• Research & Development
• Tasking, Processing, Exploitation, Dissemination (TPED) on
AGI and MASINT data and products
• Develop TPED processes, systems and Tools/Capabilities
• Advanced understanding of phenomenology related to
AGI and MASINT disciplines
• Production
• Data processing and data exploitation on AGI and MASINT
data and products
• Assist in production of ~ 60,000 products per year
• Perform “Capability Provider” role
• Fundamental NASIC policy: move TPED capabilities forward
to the users and their systems
Enabling Intelligence Production
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Acquisition Strategy

Past Future

Competition Full & Open Full & Open

Ceiling $420M $500M

Duration 8 Years 6 Years

Award Dual Anticipate Multiple

Delivery Terms IDIQ IDIQ

Cost Terms Time & Materials Time & Materials

Cost Reimbursement Cost Reimbursement
CPFF & CPIF
Performance Prime plus team Prime plus team
capable in all areas capable in all areas
Start 1 Quarter FY09

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For Additional Information

• All MASINT/AGI Program Contract Information will be

posted on PIXS (ASC’s Preaward Information eXchange
System)
https://www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil/

• Scroll down to “Measurement and Signature Intelligence/Advanced

Geospatial Intelligence (MASINT/AGI) Program Solicitation Number
FA8633-07-R-2600”

• PIXS can also be reached from the Federal Business

Opportunities (Fed Biz Opps) website
http://www.fbo.gov/

• Type in “MASINT/AGI” to get to PIXS page

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Questions?

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Back up slides

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Data Exploitation Definitions

• Time Dominant Exploitation (TD): Rapid and generally automated exploitation
and reporting with adequate human intervention to produce actionable
intelligence. This activity ranges from data processing to initial data
interpretation to data posting for rapid dissemination/access across the
community. It supports current intelligence issues and threats,
warning/combat/crisis operations, and cueing other intelligence collectors. TD
is typically is performed on the operations floor and is single-INT; however, in
some cases the summary reporting can be multi-INT.
• Time Constrained/Content-Centric Exploitation (TC3): Timely data exploitation
combined with more human analysis and interpretation than TD to produce
actionable intelligence. The quality of the observable estimates is more
accurate than TD reporting. TC3 supports combat/crisis operations and
strategic policy decisions. TC3 may require some specialized physical
sciences-centric knowledge of GEOINT phenomenology. TC3 can be single-
INT, multi-source, and/or multi-INT.
• Content Dominant Exploitation (CD): Comprehensive signature and metric
analysis of complex data sets. CD supports combat/crisis operations,
policy/system acquisition decisions, and/or enhancement of collection sensors
and exploitation tools/algorithms. In addition to providing content (i.e. analysis
of the event or scene), it also provides context (e.g. trends or background
information) and is an input to research and development to create new tools
and algorithms. CD often requires highly specialized physical sciences-centric
knowledge of GEOINT phenomenology. It is almost always a multi-INT product
when other data is available.
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AGI is based on Analysis of
Non-literal Images
• Literal
• You can see the object
• You can generally study the shape or form and size of
objects as a means to classify, characterize or identify

• Non-literal
• You are generally interested in all of the information
that comprises a pixel
• You use science and engineering to extract information
from a single or a few pixels

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