Force Protection and Homeland Defense Technology Testbed Fort Belvoir, VA

1. Force Protection and Homeland DefenseTechnology TestbedFort Belvoir, VA Prepared by: Mr. Mark Stocker CECOM Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate

2. MissionEstablish Technology Testbed • Establish an operational testbed for Force Protection / Homeland Defense (FP/HD) equipment at Ft. Belvoir • Integrate COTS, GOTS, and new sensor technologies • Concepts tailored for specific FP/HD applications • Selections biased towards rapidly installable capabilities that require minimal site preparation • Evaluate effectiveness of concepts, components and configurations in an operational context • Probability of Detection (Pd), False/Nuisance Alarm Rate (FAR/NAR), impact on manpower requirements, Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP’s), etc. • Use testbed capabilities to enhance, not provide, security at Fort Belvoir • Risk in relying upon unproven capabilities as sole means of security • Expand and evolve testbed capabilities as applications, concepts and technologies emerge • Results will feed into Army PM-PSE Programs • Results may also be used: • By MACOMs and Subordinate Commands for independent upgrades • To procure and pre-position a limited number of ‘kits’ that can be used to establish urgent, short-term, security upgrades at critical locations

3. ApproachCoordinated effort with PM-PSE • Identify wide variety of FP/HD concerns • Select several overarching applications for FP/HD equipment • Identify universal FP/HD concerns that can be investigated at Ft. Belvoir • Design, integrate and install equipment at Ft. Belvoir Testbed to enhance FP/HD capability for the selected applications • Utilize multiple technical approaches where possible • Focus on capabilities that can be installed quickly with minimal site preparation • Integrate with existing security system(s) • Conduct controlled evaluations to determine effectiveness • Determine performance characteristics and manpower efficiency • Push viable solutions forward • Continue to develop promising, but immature, solutions • Expand testbed to address additional applications

4. Why Fort Belvoir?Diverse FP/HD Challenges Off-Post Housing Sensitive Facilities Office Complex Airfield Public area within Post Public Roads bisect Post ECP’s Perimeter adjacent to public roads Marina Post Utilities And Infrastructure Enlisted Quarters HQ Buildings Wooded Perimeter Officer Quarters Ft. Belvoir > 25 Km Perimeter~ 8,656 Acres~ 100 Organizations~ 20,000 daily workers SCIF’s Waterfront Perimeter VIP Quarters Secure Compounds

5. Fort Belvoir Testbed Initial Initiatives Advanced Access Control (Phase I-II) VIP Gated Community NVESD Distributed Sensor Integration Facility (DSIF) used to collect data and forward alarms to NVESD Security and/or Ft. Belvoir PMO High Value Asset Protection Urban Sensors Passive Waterfront Security Active Waterfront Security Hasty Perimeter Security Established Perimeter Security

6. Initial Testbed InitiativesAddress common FP/HD Applications

7. Phased effort to implement the Army’s ‘Access Control Point’ (ACP) system; first at NVESD, then at Ft. Belvoir Phase I – Implement ACP at NVESD Phase II – Implement ACP at one Ft. Belvoir Entry Control Point (ECP) Ballistic Resistant Guard Booth Access Control System Monitor Portable Lighting / Portable Detection Devices RF / Hardwire Linked to Access Control Facility Portable Concrete / Water Filled Barriers Terrain Dependent Ballistic Protected Package Inspection Systems / CCTV RF Hardwire Linked to Security HQs Visitor Control Facility Fixed Active Vehicle Barriers Concrete Planter / Barriers Visitors and Trucks Fixed / Portable Barrier FPCON Dependent Handicap and Security Police Parking Vehicle Inspection Area Portable Exterior Intrusion Detection Systems Radiographic and Nuclear Inspection Systems Portable Concrete / Water Filled Barriers Terrain Dependent Initial Testbed InitiativesAdvanced Access Control Notional Installation Access Control Point

8. Install ACP at entrance to NVESD Installation includes non-ACP components Initial Testbed InitiativesAdvanced Access Control – Phase I $ ???K to Procure, develop, install, and integrate • Portable Barriers • Autonomous Vehicle ID • ‘Smart Card’ Personnel ID • Biometric Personnel Validation • Vehicle Undercarriage Imaging • Automated Swing-Arm Barrier • Portable Vehicle Crash Barrier • Video-based Gate Surveillance • Bulletproof Guard Shack • Integration with NVESD Employee Database

9. Install ACP at one of the Ft. Belvoir Gates Specific gate TBD Initial Testbed InitiativesAdvanced Access Control – Phase II Environmental Study, Site Prep and Installation cost TBD • Primary focus of ACP installation will be to reduce manpower requirements at the selected gate while maintaining compliance with FPCON-driven Security Requirements and maintaining or improving vehicle throughput • Ft. Belvoir ACP may be enhanced version that includes equipment/capabilities (e.g., biometric validation) that prove effective and useful at the ‘Testbed’ • Effort will require site preparation that will likely necessitate Environmental / Historical Impact studies • Installation at Ft. Belvoir contingent upon receipt of Customer funding Pence Walker Tulley

10. Investigate utility of tactical sensors for unfenced perimeter applications Initial Testbed InitiativesHasty Perimeter $ ???K to Procure, develop, install, and integrate • Establish capability to autonomously, detect, image, track, and estimate location of intruding personnel • Alarms, target location and imagery forwarded to appropriate security office • Effort leverages, and improves, capability developed for DUSD Smart Sensor Web Program R&D Efforts • Add GPS to REMBASS2 Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS) • Modify messaging to include location ID • Port video processing for tracking and location estimation to PC-104 platform • Port video compression capability to PC-104 platform • Integrate w/ existing IDS annunciator(s)

11. Investigate utility of rapidly installable sensors for fenced perimeter applications Initial Testbed InitiativesEstablished Perimeter $ ???K to Procure, install, integrate, and experiment • Establish capability to autonomously detect, image, and track personnel breeching fence R&D efforts • Integrate rapidly installable Fence Sensor(s) with Pan/Tilt controller for autonomous imaging • Integrate PC-104 tracking, location estimation and compression capabilities • Integrate w/ existing IDS annunciator(s) • Utilize testbed to experiment with robotic assessment platform(s) • Demo III (XUV) • URBI

12. Investigate utility of passive sensors (i.e., imagery-based sensors) for waterfront perimeter applications Initial Testbed Initiatives Passive Waterfront Monitoring $ ???K to Procure, develop, install and integrate • Establish passive capability to autonomously detect, image, and track watercraft entering ‘harbor’ R&D Efforts • Integrate Video Motion Detection (VMD) sub-system with Pan/Tilt controller for autonomous imaging • Thermal VMD, thermal ‘slave’ • Visible VMD, visible ‘slave’ • Integrate PC-104 tracking, location estimation and compression • Develop, integrate and evaluate image ‘chipping’ capability • Bandwidth savings versus power usage • Integrate w/ existing IDS annunciator(s)

13. Investigate utility of active sensors (i.e., marine radar) for waterfront perimeter applications Initial Testbed Initiatives Active Waterfront Monitoring $ ??? to Procure, develop, install, and integrate • Establish active capability to autonomously detect, image, and track watercraft approaching shoreline R&D Efforts • Integrate low cost marine radar with Pan/Tilt controller for autonomous imaging • Multiple, boresighted cameras • Integrate PC-104 tracking, location estimation and compression • Integrate w/ existing IDS annunciator(s)

14. Investigate utility of rapidly installable sensors for temporarily enhancing security of an HVA Initial Testbed Initiatives High Value Asset Protection $ ???K to Procure, Install, Integrate and Configure • Establish multi-layered intrusion detection around high value asset using rapidly installable sensors • Complementary phenomenologies • Integrate detection and imaging sensors for autonomous assessment capability • Visible, image intensified (I2), and thermal imaging • Visible and IR illumination • Integrate PC-104 tracking, location estimation and compression • Integrate w/ existing IDS annunciator(s)

15. Investigate ability to unobtrusively track personnel movements and identify personnel concentrations in an urban environment Initial Testbed Initiatives Urban Sensors for Situational Awareness $ ???K to Procure, develop, install, and integrate R&D Efforts • Develop rapidly installable, unobtrusive capability to detect and monitor personnel traffic into, out of, and between buildings • Integrate sensors with Personnel After Action Reporting System (PAARS) • ID personnel concentrations • ID movement patterns • Integrate capability to recognize specific individual(s) within coverage area • Track movements into, out of and between buildings • Enhance capability to identify concentration by floor, in multi-floor structures • Including location of specific individual

16. Investigate utility of ‘Installation Access Control Point’ components for establishing a ‘Gated Community’ Initial Testbed Initiatives VIP Gated Community $ ???K to Procure, install, integrate and configure Integration Efforts • Autonomous vehicle ID with swing-arm gate for VIP entry/exit • Smart card w/PIN or other validation method for increased security level • Video intercom between Gated Community and PMO for verification of deliveries / visitor • Enables comparison of non-resident to database • Provides PMO control of swing-arm barrier • Video Motion Detection to detect unauthorized entry through gate • Unobtrusive sensor around perimeter of ‘community’ to detect personnel approaching through surrounding woods

17. Schedule Initial Operational Capability: 6 - 9 months from funding 1 to 2 initiatives functional Full Operational Capability: 12 - 18 months from funding All initiatives functional Initial Results: 1 to 2 initiatives evaluated 12 – 15 months from funding Cost Initial Testbed Initiative Advanced Access Control $ ???K Hasty Perimeter Security $ ???K Established Perimeter Security $ ???K Passive Waterfront Security $ ???K Active Waterfront Security $ ???K High Value Asset (HVA) Protection $ ???K Urban Sensors for Situational Awareness $ ???K VIP ‘Gated Community’ $ ???K Total $ ?,???K Follow-on Initiatives $ TBD New technology insertion Testbed maintenance (O&S) Cost and Schedule

18. Summary and “Look Ahead” • Mission of Testbed is to develop, integrate and evaluate new concepts, technologies and technology configurations • Focus is on capabilities that can enhance security and/or improve manpower utilization • Bias is towards rapidly installable capabilities that require minimal site preparation • Testbed can be used to enhance existing security measures at Ft. Belvoir • Testbed should not be relied upon as sole security measure • Results of Testbed can be used: • By Commanders requiring immediate solutions to critical needs • To develop, assemble, and pre-position ‘kits’ of capabilities that can be employed to meet urgent, short-term security upgrade requirements