DARPA Demos ‘PROTEUS’ Experimentation Software Tools With Marines; John Paschkewitz quoted

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will deliver to the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory in Quantico, Va., A program to help Marines develop concepts of multi-domain combat operations using a set of tools from software training and experimentation.

DARPA said on Tuesday that it had concluded a five-day demonstration for the Prototype Resilient Operations Testbed for Expeditionary Urban Scenarios (PROTEUS) program with the Marines this spring at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina and found that PROTEUS offered information to support of the Marine Corps Force Design 2030 plan.

“Using PROTEUS software, Marines were able to visualize and manipulate their electromagnetic footprint, apply logistics support automation, and gain quantitative analyzes on the effectiveness of force sets and tactics in real time,” said John Paschkewitz. , head of the PROTEUS program in the strategic department of DARPA. technology office.

“PROTEUS brings the power of a multi-domain force set and CONOPS (concept of operations) development to the platoon, company and battalion. In terms of thinking about future combat, where you have to be sensitive to your electromagnetic emissions or seek to use unmanned resources efficiently, PROTEUS is a powerful tool, ”Paschkewitz added.

Companies that have developed technologies for PROTEUS are Cubic, Miter, Metron, Cole Engineering Services, Data Machines Corp. and Guard Unit. Launched in 2017, PROTEUS has three components: ULTRA, COMPOSER and the Parametric Data Service.

ULTRA is a synthetic environment that acts as a military sandbox of multidomain operations for analysis and experimentation. COMPOSER is a dynamic composition engine that includes logistics operations and electromagnetic spectrum assistants. The PDS helps ensure that maps, models and other items of the COMPOSER and ULTRA wizards are authoritative and collects data from USMC sources to ensure that vehicle parameters, weapon ranges and radio specifications indicate actual capabilities.