Thunderstorm
Abstract
Thunderstorm is an enduring multi-Intelligence technology demonstration venue for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, interagency partners, Combatant Commanders, Services, academia, government laboratories and commercial vendors. It provides participating partners with an opportunity to evaluate and assess the capabilities of new and emerging Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconaissance (ISR) technologies and related information collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination (PED) capabilities prior to full-scale operational employment. Within this context, as many as four multi-intelligence technology demonstration opportunities per year can be conducted in mission-related, geographically and operationally relevant areas where the effectiveness of offensive and defensive capabilities of evolving ISR architectures, emerging technologies and transformational concepts can be tested and evaluated. DoD, other government organizations, international, commercial and academic partners can demonstrate new, legacy and emerging detection, cueing, monitoring, tracking and handoff ISR technologies in real-world and simulated scenarios. Thunderstorm technology demonstrations lend themselves to developing enduring interagency ISR information sharing tactics, techniques, procedures and collaboration tools and developing scenarios, using multi-Intelligence engagement, which minimize in-theater or on-site information processing, exploitation and dissemination (PED) requirements to advance remote PED capabilities for the DoD and interagency partners. Using Thunderstorm demonstration objectives, performance measures, lessons learned, and post-demonstration assessments and data evaluation, ISR operational and architectural improvements are developed and codified.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 3698e52ca508c9f1b9e82476cf3e7640