Technology Incubation, Demonstration, and Experimentation Support (TIDES) Execution Report

Abstract

This report summarizes the 2021 Technology Incubation, Demonstration and Experimentation Support (TIDES) event conducted at Bellows Air Force Station (BAFS) and Moku o Lo'e (colloquially known as Coconut Island) from August 31 through September 3, 2021. TIDES is a test and evaluation platform designed to help technologists incubate innovative technologies in diverse, realistic settings, identify and address technical issues, and then test and assess the technologies with direct warfighter involvement in operationally relevant environments. TIDES provides an opportunity for technology developers to demonstrate and experiment with new and evolving technological capabilities in an operationally relevant environment and obtain insight into federal technology gaps and emerging needs. TIDES aims to enable a collaborative working relationship between government organizations, academia, and industry to identify emerging needs and technology discoveries for the Department of Defense (DoD) and interagency partners. The TIDES design comprises three parts. The first part (incubation) includes testing of emerging technologies in Hawaii to assess their readiness in isolated or integrated settings and identify problem areas before introducing the technology to the warfighters. After follow-on development has been conducted to resolve technical issues, the second and third phases of TIDES (demonstration and experimentation) are intended to insert the technologies, with unit sponsorship, into exercises or training events for user-operational military utility assessment. ARL at UH and GTRI, with support from the Combatant Commands, DoD technology community, and industry, formed a partnership to conduct air, ocean surface, ground, and/or underwater testing in Hawaii leveraging ARL at UHs proximity to test sites, access to warfighting units, mild climate, and environmental diversity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 2021
Accession Number
AD1149831

Entities

People

  • Margo Edwards
  • Rusty Roberts

Organizations

  • University of HawaiĘ»i System

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Networks
  • Control Systems
  • Information Systems
  • Manufacturing
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Network Protocols
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Central Command
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Water Purification

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.