Collection and Monitoring via Planning for Active Situational Scenarios (COMPASS) (Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment Report)

Technical Report · Tue Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1592839· OSTI ID:1592839

Barlos, Fotis ^[1]; Skinner, Anna ^[1]; Peeke, Richard ^[1]; Mohan, Robert ^[2]; Kelic, Andjelka ^[3]; Beyeler, Walter ^[3]; Homan, Rossitza ^[3]; Starz, James ^[4]; Hoffman, Mark ^[4]; Hofmann, Martin O. ^[4]; Guo, Katherine ^[4]; Van Brackle, David ^[4]; Malinchik, Sergey ^[4]; Pioch, Nicholas ^[5]; Alonso, Rafael ^[5]; Brown, Kerry ^[6]; Miller, Scott ^[6]; Diehl, Michael ^[6]; Ma, Laura Poplawski ^[7]; Basu, Prithwish ^[7] ; Wright, William ^[8]; Shellman, Stephen M. ^[9]; Hazard, Chris ^[10]; Brown, Matthew ^[11]; Fang, Fei ^[12]; Shen, Weiran ^[12]; Geib, CHristopher ^[13]

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1. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington County, VA (United States)
2. AECOM, Los Angles, CA (United States)
3. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
4. Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories, Cherry Hill, NJ (United States)
5. Systems and Technology Research, Woburn, MA (United States)
6. Northrup Grumman Corporation, Falls Church, VA (United States)
7. Raytheon BBN, Cambridge, MA (United States)
8. Uncharted Software Inc., Toronto (Canada)
9. Strategic Analysis Enterprises, Inc., Williamsburg, VA (United States)
10. Hazardous Software Inc., Raleigh NC (United States)
11. Avata Intelligence, Inc., Los Angles, CA (United States)
12. Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
13. Smart Information Flow Technologies, Minneapolis, MN (United States)

An emergent type of geopolitical warfare in recent years has been coined "Gray Zone competition," "competition short of armed conflict", or simply "competition," because it sits in a nebulous area between peace and conventional conflict. As such, the Gray Zone (GZ) "is a conceptual space between peace and war, occurring when actors use instruments of power to achieve political-security objectives ... [that] ... fall below the level of large-scale direct military conflict". It's not openly declared or defined; it's slower and is prosecuted more subtly using social, psychological, religious, information, cyber and other means to achieve physical or cognitive objectives, with or without violence. The lack of clarity of intent in competition activity makes it challenging to detect, characterize, and counter an enemy fighting this way.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington County, VA (United States); AECOM, Los Angles, CA (United States); Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories, Cherry Hill, NJ (United States); Systems and Technology Research, Woburn, MA (United States); Northrup Grumman Corporation, Falls Church, VA (United States); Raytheon BBN, Cambridge, MA (United States); Uncharted Software Inc., Toronto (Canada); Strategic Analysis Enterprises, Inc., Williamsburg, VA (United States); Hazardous Software Inc., Raleigh NC (United States); Avata Intelligence, Inc., Los Angles, CA (United States); Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States); Smart Information Flow Technologies, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
• OSTI ID: 1592839
• Report Number(s): SAND-2020-0136R; 681885
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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