CI/HUMINT Software Products (MIP)
Abstract
The Counterintelligence (CI) and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Automated Reporting and Collection System (CHARCS) is the Army's CI and HUMINT tactical collection and reporting system. CHARCS provides automation support for information collection, reporting, investigations, source & interrogation operations and document exploitation. The CHARCS automation architecture extends from the individual HUMINT team soldier or CI agent to the Corps Analysis and Control Element (ACE). CHARCS reports digital data such as maps, overlays, images, video, biometrics, scanned documents and audio files. These media are transmitted through secure networks and interfaces with the Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A) for detailed analysis and creation of finished intelligence products. Collection and reporting teams at Military Intelligence (MI) battalions and their operational managers are equipped with one of two CHARCS systems. The first is the AN/PYQ-8 Individual Tactical Reporting Tool (ITRT) which provides collection and processing devices for individual HUMINT team member or CI agents. The second is the AN/PYQ-3 CI/HUMINT Automated Tool Set (CHATS) which provides the team leader (who normally directs 3-5 team members) tools to process and manage team-collected information and a robust set of devices such as printers, scanners, cameras and audio recorders to assist the collection mission. The CHATS is also used by Operational Management Team (OMT) (who normally directs 5-10 collection and reporting teams). Each CHATS has an associated Mission Support Peripheral Sets and Kits (MS-PSK) or Collection Peripheral Sets and Kits (C-PSK). The C-PSK provides specialized collection component capabilities to support CI/HUMINT collection missions. C-PSK capabilities are commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies and include video and camera equipment, global positioning system (GPS), voice recording device and infrared strobe lights. The MS-PSK provides specialized collection component capabilities to support CI/HUMINT collection missions at the OMT. MS-PSK capabilities are COTS technologies and include night vision photography & video, captured materiel tracking, Credibility Assessment Capability, Digital Media Forensics software, Document Exploitation software, and will interface with a handheld biometric capability for identification. FY2015 Base amount of $1.139 million will fund CHARCS software increased performance, ease of use, incremental capability improvements, integration into Army Center of Excellence (schoolhouse), DIA policy updates, interoperability updates, testing for Army Inter-Operability Certification (AIC), Common Operating Environment (COE), Reliability Availability and Maintainability (RAM), and quality assurance, test/integration with DCGS-A, and preplanned product improvement of collection, force protection, and mission support capabilities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- B41_0604321A_5_2040_PB_2015
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