INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE (ISR)
Abstract
This activity supports the demonstration of technologies to enhance situational awareness and tactical decision making through automated analysis, fusion of data, rapid integration of information, and acquired knowledge resulting in actionable intelligence at the lower command levels. The activity includes the demonstration of ISR efforts involving enhanced reconnaissance and persistent surveillance, and sensors for unmanned ground and aerial vehicles. Advanced Technology demonstrations also include the collection of information [monitoring, sensing, and locating] in the 3D urban battlespace as well as exploiting information [identifying and classifying data] as part of the intelligence preparation of the battlespace in order to facilitate operational maneuver and distributed operations. The funding reflect an increase for a DoD directed integrated capability demonstration supporting the Protection of Ground Forces and Systems. This capability demonstration has been directed to be wide ranging and encompass technologies for: -Pre-detonation of IEDs; -Personal protection materials; -Personal power generation; -Micro power sources; and -Augmented reality. The ISR activity directly supports the integrated demonstration program, which will be a broad, multi-year thrust to both investigate technology integration as well as spur application of more fundamental technologies to force and platform protection. The goal is multiple broad phased force protection applications and technologies, with off-ramps for fielding successes. The FY 2009 to FY 2010 funding increase is due to planned acceleration of work to refine enemy course of action prediction software to adapt to stimuli. The FY2010 to FY2011 funding increase is due to initiation of robust efforts to automatically fuse data across all identifiers (TTL, biometrics, symbols) based on similarity measures.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 3e48950695a5813bf0e3b64ac1d55b1c