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8 Analysis and Assessment
8 Analysis and Assessment
Pages 183-192
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and on distributed wireless tactical communication networks will extend the domain of EW beyond traditional radio frequency (RF) radar and electro-optical sensor interactions to defeat opposition weapon and vehicle platforms.
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The simulators can be utilized in both wired bench tests and in free space testing inside their large anechoic chamber. There is the capability to test anti-jam beam-forming GPS antennas, which can null reception of jamming signals, by using their free space propagation testing in the anechoic chamber.
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The electro-optical facilities within the EW program include laser vulnerability analyses for eye d amage, optical sensor damage, detection of optical sensors, laser jamming, and threat assessments. Of particular interest for sensor and eye damage are new short-pulsed lasers that can generate a wideband white light pulse that exceeds the bandwidth of typical narrowband optical filters.
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Commercial sources of threats are becoming more readily available due to software definable radio system kits and the new commercial spectrum management approaches that utilize spectrum sharing. Defining methods to include industrial and academic collaborations, which work to counter these evolving threats, will improve understanding of current and future threats.
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To this end, the cybersecurity team conducts exploratory development aimed at improving ARL's capabilities, which are applied in support of the blue team mission. The term blue team is used in contrast with a red team, which focuses only on finding and reporting vulnerabilities.
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are not at the level of common industry practice. The team needs to use a standard software development environment, including a source code repository, a version control system, an issue tracker, and of course, regular backups.
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Opportunities and Challenges The modeling efforts embodied in S4 and SAGE were initiated almost two decades ago and are narrowly focused on a few operational settings. It is not evident from these initial applications whether, and to what degree, emergent behaviors and/or adaptive learning are either being captured or described by using these two particular models.
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Current manpower levels and skills mix are insufficient in both capacity and capability to adequately support a broader CASA program as it expands across ARL. ARL needs to address the lack of any data scientists and operations research analysts within the complex adaptive systems and analysis program, as the lack of this expertise is a conspicuous shortfall that is a top priority.
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Additionally, ARL needs to apply analytical resources as part of the Analysis and Assessment Campaign to better understand critical relationships and how they impact a wide range of variables, from recruiting standards to battlefield tactics to force design and budgetary allocations. ARL also needs to acquire and/or develop a comprehensive set of analytical capabilities that leverage other modeling, simulation, and high-performance computing capabilities to ensure adequate support for future Analysis and Assessment Campaign endeavors.
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ARL should address the lack of data scientists and operations research ana lysts within the complex adaptive systems and analysis program. Future project groups should be supported and sustained by a nucleus of operations research expertise, including data analytics, guiding multidisciplinary groups with the skill sets relevant to the tasks undertaken.
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