Mr. Andrew W. Gross Profile

Andrew W. Gross

Operations Manager at Trideum Corp

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Proceedings Article | 12 May 2016 Paper

Reducing acquisition risk through integrated systems of systems engineering

Andrew Gross, Brian Hobson, Christina Bouwens

Proceedings Volume 9848, 984804 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223371

KEYWORDS: Systems engineering, Computer simulations, Process engineering, System integration, Missiles, Defense and security, Adaptive optics, Fourier transforms, Data modeling, Chemical elements

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In the fall of 2015, the Joint Staff J7 (JS J7) sponsored the Bold Quest (BQ) 15.2 event and conducted planning and coordination to combine this event into a joint event with the Army Warfighting Assessment (AWA) 16.1 sponsored by the U.S. Army. This multipurpose event combined a Joint/Coalition exercise (JS J7) with components of testing, training, and experimentation required by the Army. In support of Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA(ALT)) System of Systems Engineering and Integration (SoSE&I), Always On-On Demand (AO-OD) used a system of systems (SoS) engineering approach to develop a live, virtual, constructive distributed environment (LVC-DE) to support risk mitigation utilizing this complex and challenging exercise environment for a system preparing to enter limited user test (LUT).

AO-OD executed a requirements-based SoS engineering process starting with user needs and objectives from Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD), Patriot units, Coalition Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (CISR), Focused End State 4 (FES4) Mission Command (MC) Interoperability with Unified Action Partners (UAP), and Mission Partner Environment (MPE) Integration and Training, Tactics and Procedures (TTP) assessment. The SoS engineering process decomposed the common operational, analytical, and technical requirements, while utilizing the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Distributed Simulation Engineering and Execution Process (DSEEP) to provide structured accountability for the integration and execution of the AO-OD LVC-DE. As a result of this process implementation, AO-OD successfully planned for, prepared, and executed a distributed simulation support environment that responsively satisfied user needs and objectives, demonstrating the viability of an LVC-DE environment to support multiple user objectives and support risk mitigation activities for systems in the acquisition process.

Proceedings Article | 9 June 2014 Paper

IITET and shadow TT: an innovative approach to training at the point of need

Andrew Gross, Favio Lopez, James Dirkse, Darran Anderson, Stephen Berglie, Christopher May, Susan Harkrider

Proceedings Volume 9076, 90760D (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053760

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Adaptive optics, Polonium, Computing systems, Molybdenum, Distributed interactive simulations, Night vision, Video, Computer architecture, Surveillance

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