1. Right of Boom
Surgical-grade EOD, after
Alex Zaheer
CS
Cyberpolicy
Andreas Pavlou
Physics/International
Security
Nitish Kulkarni
Hardware
Engineering
Alex Richard
CS
Gaurav Sharma
GSB
Main Sponsor: OSD // JIDA
US Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal
US Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal
FBI Bomb Squad – San Francisco
US Army Asymmetric Warfare Group
US Central Command
DIUx
Wolters Kluwer Romania
Booz Allen Hamilton
Crossdeck, Inc.
We seek to advance JIDA’s mission of
countering improvised threats by
developing systems, workflows, and
incentives for allied foreign militaries
with the goal of improved
intelligence fidelity.
19
Interviews
3
In MENA
61Total
Interviews
10
EOD Techs
2. Customer Discovery
Product Managers
• J8 Program Co-
ordinator, JIDA/OSD
• J6 Operations,
JIDA/OSD
Concept Developers
• [Stanford]
• PiX SETA, CENTCOM-OM
Users
• Iraqi / ANA acq
chiefs
• J2 Analysist,
JIDA/OSD
Recommenders
• Knowledge
Manager,
CENTCOM
• EOD Team Lead
Sgt., 65th
Ordnance
Company, US
Army
• JET
• Coalition EOD
Technician [PLS
HELP]
Saboteurs
• Organizational
Saboteurs
• JIDA
Classification
Office
Buyers
• Mr. James P.
Craft, Deputy
Director,
Information
Enterprise
Management,
JIDA
[Full Names Redacted For Privacy]
3. Hypotheses + Future Plans
Hypothesis: EOD units will want a LTTT to facilitate
their ability to defuse IEDs.
Hypothesis: No infrastructure for a unified data
system for IED incident reporting [PiX + JIDA SQL]
Hypothesis: Material benefits are sustainable long-
term for an information exchange relationship with
coalition forces
19
Interviews
3
In MENA
1
Prototypes
6
EOD Techs
Next Week:
- Obtaining test/demo devices
- Deep dive into PiX + API access
- Accessing + using exisiting apps (HYBRID,
PiX MENA, INDURE)
- Talk to Iraqi liaison at Defense Language
Institute
- Speak with FBI, JET, HR/softer skills experts
- Understand JIDA/Coalition workflows
better
4. Coalition EOD
Technicians
(US Point of Contact)
JET
Coalition EOD
Commanders
US FOB
[EOD]
Post-incident
reporting
Some Intel
Assistance (?)
Some Incentive/Assistance (?)
JIDA
[CONUS]
5. Coalition EOD
Technicians
US POC
[JET]
[ONSITE]
FBI
[CONUS]
DOD EOD
DATABASE
[CONUS]
JIDA DATABASE
[CONUS]
US AIR FORCE EOD
[CONUS]
US ARMY EOD
[CONUS]
US NAVY EOD
[CONUS]
[UNCLASS]
[UNCLASS]
[UNCLASS
FOUO
S/TS]
Information flow, in an ideal world
[UNCLASS
FOUO
S/TS]
[UNCLASS
FOUO
S/TS]
[UNCLASS
FOUO
S/TS]
6. INTERNET
AFGHAN NETS
SIPRnet
NIPRnet
DOD
(DISA)
APAN
DOD
(NGA)
PiX
DOD (DISA)
APAN
AF RONNA
SharePoint 2010
BASEER
NIMS
CIDNE
RED DOT
DAIIS
PORTALS
HERMES
Open Source
Program
CDC
Dissemination
Program
Dept. of Army Intelligence Information
System
Smartphone
Web Browser
PiX Android/iOS
Apps
INDURE Android
View/Report App
INDURE Android
View/Report App
JIDA Hybrid
Reporting App
SOCCENT ATAK
Tactical Ops App
PiX SMS
PiX WIKI
Mediated WIKI
INDURE API
IRAQ/Other Nets
Collaboration Portal
Zimbra/Sharepoint 2007
FOUO/SBU
INDURE
Reporting/DB
GPS
Mapping
Current Information Map
7. Joint Improvised
Threat Defeat Agency
ARMY Research Lab
NAVEODTECHDIV
ARMY Asymmetric
Warfare Group
US Central Command
US Army EOD
US Air Force EOD
FBI Bomb Squad – SF
Alaska Airlines/American
Airlines
Post-Incident
Reporting
- Ensuring high
volumes of detailed
IED reporting data
Saving lives
- Using VAA/PAA to
mitigate allied
casualties
Bridge - bridging the
gap between forward
deployed technicians
and remote technicians
IED collection
capabilities and analysis
Alignment of
Incentives
High-speed
intelligence allows for
same-day incident
analysis
Improved Reporting –
a richer data set for
JIDA’s analysis
Engineers -
contractor/DARPA may
provide technical insight
EOD Technicians –
iterative design process
needs more user input
JIDA SETAs – provide
details on existing
solutions and flaws
Coalition Forces
- NEED: intel, supplies
- HOW: Incentivize
- SABOTEURS: Bureaucracy
JIDA
- NEED: increased reporting
- HOW: incentivizing
coalition forces
- SABOTEURS: Over-
classification
Iterate - Multiple simulated
field test scenarios with
technicians to fit product to
need
Incorporation - product
has many possible futures -
can potentially be
incorporated into other
DoD product needs
Primary
- JIDA (Matt, Carie,
James)
- EoD (Ike, Ethan,
Christine, Whitner,
especially J2
(Intelligence) and J5
(Strategic Plans and
Policy)
- Coalition EOD (Sgt.
Bashir)
- Other coalition
forces (Romania,
Georgia, Bulgaria:
no contacts)
- Other entities such
as FBI (Sean)
Fixed:
Software development
IT Management/maintenance
Deployment training
Mission Achievement Criteria
Enable clear, safe, common-sense
communication of time-sensitive high-stress
technical information accurate actionable intel
and post-incident reporting and analysis
dissemination.
Accurate high-volume post-incident IED
reporting
Variable:
Maintenance
Equipment retrofit
Equipment refurb
[Full Names Redacted For Privacy]
8. Products
& Services
-Higher-fidelity
post-incident
EOD analytics
and
reporting
-Higher-
accuracy device
classification
and intelligence
- Gain and document intelligence from Iraqi
security forces as they encounter IEDs
-Alignment of incentives between foreign EODs
and JIDA such that blast data is generated
-Bringing coalition forces into intelligence
umbrella
Customer
Jobs
-Analyze IED patterns
and provide
actionable intel
-Lack of information on
evolution of IED’s utilized
by insurgents and their
tactics
-Reliance on material
incentives to coerce
Iraqis into giving intel
Gains
Pains
Gain
Creators
Pain
Relievers
-Accurate reporting data on IED usage
-Development of predictive models for
insurgent use of IEDs
- -Reduction of communication
barrier between base-deployed US
forces and Iraqi security forces in
the field
- -Transition from material
incentives to informational
incentives, allowing for more
sustainable cooperation
Virtual Threat Toolkit:
Value Proposition Canvas for
JIDA J2 and J5
Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Teams
9. Virtual Threat Toolkit:
Value Proposition Canvas for
Coalition EOD
Products
& Services
-Integrated
platform for
both reporting
raw intel and
receiving
analysis
-Gamified EOD
analytics and
reporting
- -Timely and refined intelligence on IEDs and
the tactics of insurgents using them
- - EOD commander analytics and transparency
Customer
Jobs
-Assess and defeat
IEDs
-Restart report
workflow
-Lack of information on
evolution of IEDs utilized
by insurgents and their
tactics
Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Teams
Gains
Pains
Gain
Creators
Pain
Relievers
-Less Iraqis dying
-Improved counter-IED capability
- - Reduction of communication
barrier with base-deployed US
forces
- -Less likely to encounter IEDs
without being forewarned