EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH FACILITY FOR USE BY THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 19, 2004
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M= DENTAL RESEARCH FACILITY
I'OR USE BY
THE INTELLIGENCE CO1UUNITY
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Experimental Research Fa.cil_ity
For Use by the Intelligence Community
I. Introduction
An experimental research facility will be established-
for use by the intelligence community in response to the need
expressed by the PPIAB for improved intelligence information
handling. This facility will place a new and increased emphasis
on experimental development, testing, and evaluation of
information handling. This increased emphasis will be accomplished
through cooperation in the intelligence community, with the
cei.torA of excellence located in the intelligence agencies/departments.
Thcc..c centers of excellence will use this experimental research
f~-icility for improved information handling in the intelligence
community on a long range basis.
Some of the attributes of this facility are to provide
(1) for building, testing, and evaluating a next generation
information system, (2) for a cooperative effort in intelligence
information handling, (3) an improved information handling system
for operational use, and (4) "prototyping" the improved information
handling system as an experimental research facility. The solution
cnvironment will use readily available hardware and software,
wherever possible, to provide an operational solution for handling
of substantive intelligence on the basis of using an integrated
intelligence data base.
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II. C one e pt of Experimental "Development
This experimental research facility will consist of an
experimental computer-corrnnunicatione network for use in the
intel?.ic"encc community in the Washington, D. C. area.
This facility and related contractual support will be funded
by ARPA during the experimental design, development, testing
and evaluation until the facility becomes fully operational
for productional type of use. When the facility has become
operational for productional use, the computer-communications
equipment will be transferred to the member agencies/departments
of the intelligence community and the system coordination will
be transferred to the DCI.
The computer-communications system will be developed with
three computer complexes The major computer complexes
will ce located at CIA, DIA, and NSA, and will be identical to
the ex .ent that the sane software can be used at any of the
computer complexes. The system and its data base will be developed
during the experimental phase with participation by the total .
intelligence community. The developmental atmosphere will be
similar to Project MAC. - The equipment will be funded by ARPA
with cooperative participation in the experimental development
and use of the system and its data bases by'employees of the
intelligence community. For example, a typical participating
intelligence employee may be working at CIA, DIA, or NSA, and
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be devoting part-time in a joint appointment to this project.
(Thin is similar to a. joint appointment of a professor to tho
Dcpar ment of Mathematics and the Department of Computer Science.)
The end-product of this cooperation and participation would
be a computer-communication network system designed and built
with participation of the intelligence community employees for
oper^.tional use by the intelligence community on a continuing
basis.
The work environment associated with this experimental
research facility -will be that of a strengthened committment
to in-house developmental efforts on a cooperative intelligence
basis. .SPA will provide funding for some initial studies,
rental/purchasing of the computer-communications hardware and
soy tware, and 40% of the cost of building large community data
b^es. The individual agencies/departments will participate
in the vn.rious studies/committees, provide all personnel for
operation and management of this facility, and pay for 60% of
the cost of building large community data bases.
III. Technical Arproach
Each agency (DIA, CIA, and NSA) will provide 30 fulltime
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persons for experimentation, research and development, management,
necifiedd naumber-
and operation of these facilities; and an
persons in the use of these experimental facilities. Each
agency will cooperate in providing the substantive intelligence
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for construction of the data base, assist in design and development
this facility is shown in the attached Chart. An ARPA project
managed by the Director, ARPA. The management structure for
The experimental research facility and its program will be
use by the intelligence community..
continued cooperative operation of this facility for long term
of the computer-communications system, and participate in the
CIA each) for this purpose. A Board of Director, comprised of
office will be established with two persons (one from DOD and
one person from each NSA, DIA, and CIA will provide advice and
guidance to the Director, ARPA. The full-time daily management
the current,, COINS D2r nager aniW his staff . The full-time daily
of the computer-communications facilities will be performed by
mo.n~.F ement of the experimental intella, ence xLr& wi]- be.. the
responsibility of the roject Offic . When this facility becomes
fully operational, the Wk coordination of the operation "of the
services that will be available as described
The communications for this facility will be the communication
system will be performed by the DCI.
The COINS Experiment will be k:pt operational and -provide
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communications network. The technical criteria to be addressed
handling in a distributed data base in a distributed computer-
research facility consists of improved intelligence information
The technical problems to be addressed'in this experimental
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is the application of improved inf orrn-a,tion handling techniques
to ini.elliFence information handling. Experimental efforts will
be devoted to large file handling; multi-source inputting from
many collectors; structuring of large files for quick input,
updating, and retrieval; corrdlation of output information from
multiple files; interactive graphical techniques for use with
large data bases; and other similar techniques in support of
enhanced use by the intelligence user/analyst.
The substantive intelligence to be included in this system
consist, of (1) the' information contained in the files in the
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Bloc countries, And (4) all-source intelligence related to the
Middle East crisis. The operational problems to be addressed
are those problems in making the above-listed intelligence available
The priorities to be assigned to the
last three areas of substantive intelligence mentioned above wil
to potential end-product users in as nearly real time as possible
in this resource sharing network. The emphasis will be placed
on user involvement to.enhance the user acceptance of the operational
j analysis period will -,last for three months and will use two persons
with the support of a contractor. This problem definition and
be determined after problem definition and analysis to be performed
with the appropriate security clearances needed to visit the desired portions of
the intelligence community. The problem definition and analysis study will be
1performed in early FY7l.
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3. Communications configuration
2. Remote terminals and character set
1. User languages and data base management systems
performed in:
the design of this facility. The system studies are being
will be completed in FY71 and will provide valuable input to
The system studies being performed in the COINS Experiment
and its support staff.
COINS Experiment, and the experience obtained from the IFHC/USIB
the benefits of the considerable experience obtained from the
IV. Im lcmentn.tion Pln.n
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erimenta.l research facility will be designed using
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4. Software security
5. Security labels
6. Computers and communications interface
The existing efforts throughout the community in examining and
determining what information and information handling services
are needed. by the potential users will be a valuable input to
the design and develolment of this facility. The existing
efforts in building further data bases will provide further
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guidance for continued data base and file building in the
to obtain an operational capability on readily available ha
A high priority in the early phases of this effort will be
experimental research facility.
from the manufacturer. Therefore it will be necessary to rent
the hardware equipments, initially, with the option to purchase.
The hardware will be purchased in the latter phases of this
project, as funding becomes available.
Phase
In phase I (FY71) , Funding will be provided to perform
studies on (1) operating and executive systems, including
scheduling algorithms and priority systems, and (2) the
FY71 on problem definition and analysis, to assist in Ltsses 2?an+ -
A contractor-assisted study will be performed in early
information handling,
research facility'will fulfill their long range needs in
and provide continued input to assure that the experimental
syetcr:, rtud.ics will be a valuable input to these two studies.
The ntellipence community will participate in these studies,
boe funded by SPA. The results of the six on-going COINS
the experimental research facility. There two studies will
configuration of the computer-communications system for
of priorities in the construction of the three new data base,
not in the COINS Experiment. This study will require assistance
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from two cont~:..ctu l persons for a duration of three months,
in ad(lit.ien.to the cooperation of the intelligence community.
Before the end of phase I, specifications for the cyctcm
hardware and sofWare will.be published. These syecifications
will be based on the experience from the COINS Experiment,
the results of the three months study, and recommended specifications
as submitted for this facility by the Director, CIA,
Director, DIA, and Director, NSA.
Funding for phase I (FY71) by ARPA will be
all funds not devoted to the study efforts, used to obtain
some initial facilities or software.
Pbr, >e iI will be accomplished in FY72 and will consist of :
1. Design(az required at a minimum) and installation
of the supervisory and operating systems, and
applications software, This will be a joint effort
of the intelligence community and a contractual
effort, which is expected to continue into
other phases.
2, Installation of the initial hardware complex,
3.. ?.Establishment of an initial operational capability
on the experimental research facility.
4. Begin efforts on transfer of data bases to this
facility, and construction of further data
bases on this facility.
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At1,A will provide six million dollars for facilities and contracts
during; phase II. Each agency (DIA, CIA, and 11SA) will provid
dedicated staff of 30 persons, an unspecified number of
y^.rt-time cooperative staff, and oo% of cost of data base
construction. The dedicated staff will include 10 intelligence
function specialists and 20 persons to serve as managers,
computer operators, computer scientists, and inf ormatiop
scientists.
I'ha.ae III
Ph .se III will be accomplished in PY73 and PY74,,and will
consist of.-
1. Continued efforts in building of data bases.
2. Experimentation in improved information handling
techniques.
3. Addition of further hardware, software, and
communications equipment to accommodate the
increased workload and'to provide for system
improvements.
4. Continual evaluation, improvement, and upgrading
of this facility for enhancement of user/analyst,
acceptance.
25X1 ARPA will provide
for facilities and contracts in
the above efforts, at the rate of
per year. The
committment by each agency will remain at the same level as in
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Phase "IV
Phase IV will be accomplished in FY"15' and will consist of:
1. Further continuation of the tasks in phase III.
2. Design of test and evaluation plans :and. procedures
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for testing and evaluation of this facility, similar,
to the evaluation of Project PACER,.
3. Conducting a three month test and evaluation of
this facility and writing a final report.
X1 ARPA will provide
for the tasks list in phase IV.
The conrnittment by each participating, agency will remain
at the some level as specified in phase.I2 and III,
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