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Processing and exploitation, in intelligence usage, is the conversion of collected information into forms suitable to the production of intelligence...Dissemination and integration, in intelligence usage, is the delivery of intelligence to users in a suitable form and the application of the intelligence to appropriate missions, tasks, and functions.
-ADRP 2-0, Intelligence
Introduction
The U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence (USAICoE) Requirements Determination Directorate (RDD) Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) Team assists the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) in determining required capabilities to assess gaps; to specify risks; and to develop doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy (DOTMLPF-P) domain solutions. These efforts provide capability analysis and management to develop a combat-ready intelligence force for the Army and joint forces.
Efficiently conducting the intelligence PED of data is the foundation of this effort, beginning with the transition from platform-centric PED to a more holistic enterprise strategy. Tailorable, scalable intelligence PED supports commanders by projecting expeditionary intelligence PED forces into underdeveloped theaters. Once the communications and intelligence architectures mature, each PED can support commanders' intelligence requirements while minimizing forward presence. Regionally focused technical and target immersion provides expert support to regionally aligned forces. By leveraging the full resources of the national to tactical intelligence effort, we will maintain intelligence overmatch. As we move forward, the intelligence warfighting function must develop technology to speed exploitation, tip and cue sensors, and discard less useful data. Ultimately, intelligence PED must evolve to meet the requirements of our complex, rapidly changing operational environments.
Advancing Army PED Capabilities
One manner in which the USAICoE RDD PED Team evolves the required capabilities is by hosting the annual Army PED Summit. The summit and its resulting face-to-face interactions afford the best environment for enhanced collaboration to articulate and align efforts in accordance with PED strategic plans, while addressing the way ahead for the Army PED concept of operations and TRADOC task order. As a core competency, PED is a necessary function that answers information and intelligence requirements to support all components of multi-domain battle and large-scale combat operations. The purpose of the 2017 summit was to discuss the evolution and future of PED capabilities in key areas, given the emerging and forecasted technological advancements of peer and near-peer...