PROGRAMS MANAGEMENT ANALYTICS & TECHNOLOGIES INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N231-019

Description

Programs Management Analytics &Technologies (PMAT) in partnership with Ultra Electronics Advanced Tactical Systems (Ultra-ATS) propose the Multi-INT Correlation and Fusion Engine (MICAFE) to provide the Minotaur Family of Services (MFoS) with advanced data mining and fusion capabilities using modern artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) capabilities. To improve and augment the core fusion capabilities of MICAFE, archived sensor data can be mined for the purpose of creating AI/ML models and big data analytics to identify specific events of interest in support of improving the confidence in surface vessels classification.  MICAFE will address the challenges presented by data ringing and data looping that result from multiple overlapping collection systems covering the same area.  These challenges are further exacerbated when introducing external data that have already been correlated and/or fused by Shared Situational Awareness/Battlespace Awareness sources. MICAFE will provide an improved classification of unknown surface vessels, dark surface vessels, and surface vessels actively obfuscating their identities (e.g., via spoofing). In support of the MICAFE prototyping effort, the PMAT Team will develop innovative, real-time/near real-time fusion and correlation algorithms utilizing disparate, Multi-INT tactical and national Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting (ISRT) data sources. MICAFE will deploy to the tactical edge on manned and unmanned platforms and will be integrated with data producers and consumers within MFoS such as the Minotaur Mission Management Systems (MMS), supporting naval (Navy, USMC, USCG), Department of Homeland Security, and joint warfighting communities.