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Lesson 19.2 - Intelligence Community ( IC ) RESOURCES I PRINT I HELP

Lesson Introduction

Welcome [FIRST NAME] to Lesson 2 of Module 19 .

In this lesson, you will:

• Identify organizations { agencies, o ffices, e tc.)

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that provide support to acquisition program

offices in formulating threat assessments

• I dentify terms and acronyms commonly used in

intelligence acquisition support

• I den tify key re ferences {Direc tives &

Instruc tions) used by acquisition professionals in

the program office for intelligence support and

threat assessments

T his lesson will take approximately 15 minutes to

complete.

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IC General Or ganization Overview

The Intelligence Reform Act and Terrorism Act

( IRTPA) of 2004 established the Office of the

Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in an effort to

better unify and manage the efforts of the collective

Intelligence Community (JC). Prior to the passage of

IRTPA, the IC was supervised by the Director of

Central Intelligence, who oversaw the Central

I ntelligence Agency.

IRTPA effectively strengthened the I C by further

defining goals and budgets, and establishing national

centers tasked with developing collabora tive

approaches to collection and analysis of intelligence

for a specific use.

The IC is structured to maximize the effectiveness of

intelligence collection and dissemination efforts

among its 17 member agencies. While each member

acts on its own specific directive, they all share the

IC mission to collect and convey essential information

the President and members of the policymaking, law

enforcement, and military communities required to

execute their appointed duties.

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Director of National Intelligence (DNI)

The overall efforts of the IC are administered by the

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

(ODNI), which is led by the Director of National

Intelligence (DNI).

Including the Office of the Director of National

Intelligence {OONI ), the ON! oversees the 17 federal

organizations that make up the IC. I n doing so, the

ON! organizes and coordinates the efforts of the I C

agencies. The ON! also manages the implementation

of the National In telligence Program . Additionally,

the ON! serves as the principal adviser to the

President and the Na tional Security Council on

intelligence issues related to national security .

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IC Organizations

The DNJ's role is to organize and coordinate the efforts of the other 16 JC agencies, in order to meet

previously determined intelligence needs . The other members of the JC are divided into three groups :

Select each group to learn more.

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IC Or gani zations

The DNJ's role is to organize and coordinate the efforts of the other 16 JC agencies, in order to meet

previously determined intelligence needs. The other members of the JC are divided into three groups :

Select each group to learn more.

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Program Managers

Program Managers advise and assist the ODNJ in identifying requirements,

developing budgets, managing finances, and evaluating the IC's performance .

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IC Or ganizations

The DNI's role is to organize and coordinate the efforts of the other 16 I C agencies, in order to meet

previously determined intelligence needs . The other members of the I C are divided into three groups :

Select each group t o learn more.

Departments are IC components within government departments outside

of DoD who focus serving their parent department's intelligence needs .

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IC Or gani zations

The DNJ's role is to organize and coordinate the efforts of the other 16 JC agencies, in order to meet

previously determined intelligence needs. The other members of the JC are divided into three groups :

Select each group to learn more.

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The Services, which encompass intelligence personnel in the armed forces

and which primarily support their own Service's needs.

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IC Or gani zations

The DNJ's role is to organize and coordinate the efforts of the other 16 JC agencies, in order to meet

previously determined intelligence needs. The other members of the JC are divided into three groups :

Select each grou p t o learn m ore.

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

PROGRAM MANAGERS

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Each member agency, operates under its own directive, yet, they are all
dedicated to the defense and national security of our nation.

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IC Or ganizations

The DNI's role is to organize and coordinate the efforts of the other 16 JC agencies, in order to meet

previously determined intelligence needs. The other members of the JC are divided into three groups :

Select each group to learn more.

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Long Description

The 17 IC organizations under supervision of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Program Managers: Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, FBI National
Security Branch, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, and the
National Security Agency .

Departmental : DEA Office of National Security Intelligence, Energy Office of Intelligence &
Counter-intelligence, OHS Office of Intelligence & Analysis, Coast Guard Intelligence, State Bureau
of Intelligence & Research, and the Treasury Office of Intelligence & Analysis .

Services : Air Force Intelligence, Army Intelligence, Marine Corps Intelligence, and Naval

Intelligence.

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IC Oversight

As part of the executive branch, the IC is subject to

external oversight from the executive and legislative

branches. Through these interactions, the IC keeps

policy and decision makers informed of intelligence

rela ted to national security issues, and allows

Congress to maintain oversight of the IC intelligence

ac tivities.

Executive organizations involved in oversight o f the

I C include the President's Foreign Intelligence

Advisory Board, the President's Intelligence

Oversight Board, and the Office of Management and

Budget. Within the Congress, principal oversigh t

responsibility rests with t he Senate Select

Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent

Select Committee on Intelligence.

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Lesson 19.2 - Intelligence Community ( IC ) RESOURCES I PRINT I HELP

IC Oversight

As part of the executive branch, the IC is subject to

external oversight from the executive and legislative

branches. Through these interactions, the IC keeps

policy and decision makers informed of intelligence

related to national security issues, and allows

Congress to maintain oversight of the IC intelligence

activities .

Executive organizations involved in oversight of the

I C include the President's Foreign I n telligence

Advisory Board, the President's I ntelligence

Oversight Board, and the Office of Management and

Budget. Within the Congress, principal oversight

responsibility rests with the Senate Select

Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent

Select Committee on Intelligence.

Learn More

Select the link for more information about I C structure and community.

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Defense Intelligence Agency ( DIA)

Within DoD, the Defense Intelligence Agency ( DIA ) with its more than 16, 000 military and civilian employees
worldwide, is a major producer and manager of foreign military intelligence . The agency provides military
intelligence to defense policymakers, force planners, and warfighters in DoD and the JC, in support of U.S .
military planning and operations and weapons systems acquisition .

DIA provides Threat Intelligence support to the acquisition process and community to provide an
understanding of foreign threat capabilities that is integral to the development of future U.S . military
systems and platforms . Identifying projected adversarial threat capabilities, to include scientific and
technical developments, which may affect a program or a capability's design or implementation is crucial to
a successful development process .

Furthermore, the applicable threat information must be continually updated to account for adversarial

capabilities throughout the program or capability's projected acquisition lifecycle to ensure that

technological superiority over adversarial capabilities is maintained . DIA operates under DoD Directive

5105 .21, Defense Intelligence Agency ( DIA ) .

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Lifecycle Intelligence Analysis Requirements

The threat intelligence community provides a range of support over the lifecycle of a particular capabili ty
shortfall identification process and the resulting system acquisition program . Capstone Threat
Assessments ( CTAs ) inform the capabili ty shortfall identification process during early phases of system
acquisition prior to the generation of a Validated Online Lifecycle Threat (VOLT) Report, System Threat
Assessment Report ( STAR)/ System Threat Assessment ( STA) . The CTAs project foreign capabilities, in
particular warfare areas, out 20 years .

At the beginning of the Material Solution Analysis ( MSA) phase, the program office or capabili ty sponsor

should contact the appropriate intelligence production center to support integration of validated threat

information into the Acquisition Strategy ( AS ) . Threat information may come from DIA- validated CTA or

other DIA/Service validated (VOLT) STARs/ STAs that align with the capabili ty mission, concept of

operations ( CONOPs ), and employment timeline .

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Materiel Technology Engineering & LR.JP Sustainment

Solution Maturation & Manufacturi ng

Analysis Risk Reduction Development Operations &

Ha teriel ORRRD ~ Support

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The STAR will remain in place as the current threat report until 2016 when the VOLT report will replace it. !!

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Lifecycle Intelligence Analysis Requirements

The threat intelliqence communi ty orovides a ranae of suooort over the lifecvcle of a oarticular capabili ty
Long Description

The five phase DoD Acquisition lifecycle with timelines illustrating the intelligence analysis requirements .

1. Materiel Solution Analysis ( MSA) - Materiel Development Decision, Initial Capabilities Document ( !CD )

2. Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction - Milestone A, Capability Development Document ( COD ),
Capability Development Document Validation ( CDD- V), Development Request For Proposals Release
Decision ( DRFPRD ), Preliminary Design Review ( PDR)
3. Engineering and Manufacturing Development - Milestone B, Critical Design Review ( CDR), Capability
Production Document ( CPD )
4. Production and Deployment - Milestone C, Low Rate Initial Production ( LRIP ), FRP ( Full Rate

Production ) Decision

5. Operations and Support - Initial Operating Capability ( IOC), Sustainment, Full Operational Capability
( FOC), Disposal

A Capstone Threat Assessment ( CTA) is conducted at the beginning of the Material Solution Analysis
( MSA) phase and remains relevant though the complete lifecycle .

The VOLT/ STAR/STAs are generated after the CTA as early as the MSA Phase and as late as Milestone C.

The Life-cycle Signature Support Plan ( LSSP ) is completed in the first three phases .

The STAR will remain in place as the current threat report until 2016 when the VOLT report will replace it. !!

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Capstone Threat Assessment (CTA)

CTAs prov ide the bedrock analy tical foundation for threat intelligence support to the defense acquisition
process . CTAs, cov ering major w arfare areas, present the DoD I C v alidated position w ith respect to those
w arfare areas and w ill constitute the primary source of threat intelligence for the preparation of Initial
Threat Environmental Assessments, VOLT/ STARs/ STAs, and threat sections of documents supporting the
Joint Capabilities Integration and Dev elopment Sy stem ( JCIDS ) process .

In order to effectiv ely support both the capabili ty dev elopment and acquisition processes, CTAs are not
specific to existing or projected U.S. sy stems, cov er the current threat env ironment, and, in general,
project threats out 20 y ears from the effectiv e date of the CTA. With the lead intelligence production
center, DIA's Defense Warning Office ( DIA/DWO) co-chairs the Threat Steering Group (TSG ) that produces
and rev iew s the document. CTAs should be updated as determined by the responsible TSG but in any case
ev ery 24 months . DIA v alidates all CTAs.

Listing o f Capstone Threat Assessments

Warfare Are a Primary Production Office or Cente r
Air Warfare National Air and Space Intelligence Center ( NASIC)
Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defense Defense Intelligence Agency ( DIA)
Information Operations DIA/Joint Information Operations Threat Working Group
Land Warfare National Ground Intelligence Center ( NGIC)
Missile Defense Defense Intelligence Agency ( DIA)
Nav al Warfare Office of Nav al Intelligence ( ON! )
Space Warfare National Air and Space Intelligence Center ( NASIC)

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Validated Online lifecvcle Threat (VOLT) Report / Sy stem Threat Assessment (STA )

The DlA provides validation for the VOLT Report,

prepared by the appropriate Service, to support

Acquisition Category (ACAT) ID/ Major Defense

Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) . Appropriate Defense

Intelligence organization(s), identified by the

component headquarters intelligence organizations,

prepare the VOLT Report.

The assessmen t should be kept current and

validated throughou t the acquisition process . DoD

Instruc tion 5000 .02, Operation of the Defense

Acquisition System, requires that MDAPs have a

validat ed VOLT Report in place at Milestones B and

C; and at program initiation for shipbuilding

programs.

The assessment should be system specific, to the

degree that the system definition is available at the

time the assessment is being prepared, and should

address projected adversary cap abilities at system

initial operating capability (IOC) and a t IOC plus 10

years.

DIA will co-chair the TSGs for ACAT ID VOLT Report with the producing command or center. VOLT Reports
for ACAT I C MDAPs and STAs for ACAT II non - MDAPs are prepared and validated by the lead Service in
accordance with service regulations. DIA Instruc tion 5000 .002, Intelligence Threat Suppor t for Maj or
Defense Acquisition Programs, describes the required VOLT Report elements and format.

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Critical I ntelligence Parameters ( CIPs)

CIPs are established and examined through the joint and collaborative efforts of the intelligence, capabili ty
sponsor, and acquisition management community to aid in developing intelligence production requirements
to support an acquisition program . CIPs are those key performance thresholds of foreign threat systems,
which, if exceeded, could compromise the mission effectiveness of the U.S. system in development.

Adversary military doctrine, tactics, strategy, and expected employment of systems should be considered
in the CIPs . Program specific CIPs, and their associated production requirements, are a key part of a VOLT
Report and TTRA will be required for validation . The inclusion of CIPs is also encouraged for STAs.

If a CIP is breached, the responsible intelligence production center will notify the program office and
DIA/DWO in accordance with DIA Instruction 5000 .002 . DIA/DWO will notify the appropriate organizations
in the Office of the Secretary of Defense .

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Knowledge Review

Intelligence Community {IC) organizations fall into one of three groups.

Which of the following organizations belong to the Program Managers group?

{Select all that apply)

~ Central Intelligence Agenc y

LJ Coast Guard Intelligence

~ National Reconnaissance Office

State Bureau of Intelligence & Research

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The Cent r a l Int e lligen ce Agency and the Nation al Reconna issance Offi ce are Program
Managers. Other Program Managers include the Defense Intelligence Agency, the FBI National
Security Branch, the National Geospatial-In telligence Agency, and the National Security Agency.

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Knowledge Review

In what year will the Validated Online Lifecycle Threat (VOLT)

Report replace the current System Threat Assessment Report (STAR) ?

~ 2016

2017

LJ 2018

2019

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The STAR will remain in plac e as the current threat report until 2016 when the VOLT report will
replace it.

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Lesson Summary

• You should now be able to:

• Identify organizations (agencies, offices, etc. ) that provide

support to acquisition program offices in formulating threat
assessments
• Identify terms and acronyms commonly used in intelligence
acquisition support
• I denti fy key references ( Direc tives & Instruc tions) used by
acquisition professionals in the program office for intelligence
support and threat assessments

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