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GCHQ Summary of RTRG
May 29, 2019
TOP SECRET STRAP 1
NAME
RT-RG
EQUIPMENT I DESCRIPTION
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?
A PROGRAMME . To provide direct support to the
Global War on Terrorism through the provision of
real-time information and intelligence support to
'find , fix and fin ish' operat ions around the world .
T he success of RT-RG in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom led to an expans ion of the programme to
support operations in Korea and Afghanistan . T he
success of these deployments will be crucial to the
adoption of the RTRG principles into mainstream
Sigint doctrine .
Each deployment of RT-RG is tailored to the local environment w ith systems and processes based
on the telecommunications techno logies prevalent in the region . As such the approach is data-centr ic
rather than system-centr ic; each instance of RT-RG is intended to be unique.
RT-RG is positioned as an edge node w ithin the overall Sigint architecture . To achieve
comprehens ive real-time coverage of a region RT-RG relies upon an array of sensors stream ing fulltake collect ion into a forward-dep loyed regional data repository in parallel with offline forwarding to
national systems . To fully exploit voice intercept RT RG is trialling new appl ications to perform
keyword based selection and alert ing.
RT-RG provides access to tactica l data sources in theatre via sem i automated and manual data
ingest into a local RT-RG repository . National sources includ ing events databases and all-source
(DOD, CIA, NSA) reporting are also made available for author ised analysts through a national/tact ical
gateway . Federated query too ls support multiple simultaneous cross-referencing of all these data
sources , tactica l and national, aga inst incom ing real-time intercept. These facilities offer huge
product ivity gains for analysts in rapidly assemb ling a comp lete, fully informed picture of their target.
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Th s nformat on s exempt from d sc osure under the Freedom of Informal on Act 2000 and may be subject to exempt on under other UK nformat on eg sat on. Refer d sc osure requests to GCHQ o •••••••
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OC B TP INFO SUMMARY AS AT 27 JUN 11
TOP SECRET STRAP 1
NAME
RT-RG
EQUIPMENT I DESCRIPTION
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?
A PROGRAMME . To provide direct support to the
Global War on Terrorism through the provision of
real-time information and intelligence support to
'find , fix and fin ish' operat ions around the world .
T he success of RT-RG in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom led to an expans ion of the programme to
support operations in Korea and Afghanistan . T he
success of these deployments will be crucial to the
adoption of the RTRG principles into mainstream
Sigint doctrine .
Each deployment of RT-RG is tailored to the local environment w ith systems and processes based
on the telecommunications techno logies prevalent in the region . As such the approach is data-centr ic
rather than system-centr ic; each instance of RT-RG is intended to be unique.
RT-RG is positioned as an edge node w ithin the overall Sigint architecture . To achieve
comprehens ive real-time coverage of a region RT-RG relies upon an array of sensors stream ing fulltake collect ion into a forward-dep loyed regional data repository in parallel with offline forwarding to
national systems . To fully exploit voice intercept RT RG is trialling new appl ications to perform
keyword based selection and alert ing.
RT-RG provides access to tactica l data sources in theatre via sem i automated and manual data
ingest into a local RT-RG repository . National sources includ ing events databases and all-source
(DOD, CIA, NSA) reporting are also made available for author ised analysts through a national/tact ical
gateway . Federated query too ls support multiple simultaneous cross-referencing of all these data
sources , tactica l and national, aga inst incom ing real-time intercept. These facilities offer huge
product ivity gains for analysts in rapidly assemb ling a comp lete, fully informed picture of their target.
2 of 9
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Th s nformat on s exempt from d sc osure under the Freedom of Informal on Act 2000 and may be subject to exempt on under other UK nformat on eg sat on. Refer d sc osure requests to GCHQ o •••••••
<TOP SECRET STRAP 1>
OC B TP INFO SUMMARY AS AT 27 JUN 11