Physical Optics Corporation — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: A16-037

Description

To address the Army need for advanced, real-time, situationally-aware prognostic resource management software tools, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Predictive Smart-Grid-enabled Resource alerting and Management (PSGRM) system. PSGRM is an intelligent resource management solution that predicts future resource status through observation of current usage and real-time situational data (weather, etc.), and tempers this using historical data, thus bringing past experience into play. It is built around a novel predictive resource usage routine that estimates resource usage for current and future times. A real-time situational data module aggregates data from external sources and generates modifier values. Results are stored and used by the histrionics module for refining future predictions. In Phase I, POC will define the requirements and CONOPS, and architect the PSGRM system. We will then fabricate a proof-of-concept prototype and perform a demonstration to Army personnel demonstrating the ability to predict resource usage in response to real-time events, thus directly satisfying the solicitation requirements. In Phase II, POC will expand the capabilities and features, as well as debug and optimize the design. The final Phase II TRL-6 prototype will be ready for transition to productization for follow on Phase IIE/III efforts.