Intelligent Automation, Inc. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N181-033

Description

With the inevitable growth of target track in the naval battlespace from emerging low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), as well as large-scales raids, the Aegis console operator will suffer from information overload resulting in potentially catastrophic failure mode within the ship self-defense scenario. To address this critical need, Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) proposes to develop a self-contained Intelligent Digital Assistant (IDA) powered by SensorCube and Heterogeneous Information Networks (HINs) adhering to open system architectural principles and standards. IDA observes operator’s actions and interactions at the Aegis console. It interacts with the operator via standard console input and assists them to navigate, retrieve, and understand the vast amount of data from multi-INT data sources. IDA will alert the operator with critical events and recommend possible COAs in near real time as data becomes available. IDA will learn the operator behavior on the console using advance AI techniques and will continuously learn or adapt itself to provide personalized information to the user that will be contextually relevant to the user and mission. IDA will be taught by the operator, albeit indirectly, to assist them to identify and present contextually relevant information sourced from multiple disparate data banks relevant to the operator tasking.