Wide Area Motion Imagery (WAMI)

Abstract

This project develops Wide Area Motion Imagery (WAMI) capabilities paired with Near Vertical Direction Finding (NVDF) capabilities in support of Combatant Command (COCOM) requirements for end-to-end persistent surveillance to provide airborne sensor suites, data links, and associated ground support elements for city-sized and similar WAMI surveillance capabilities on manned and unmanned aircraft. This project was aligned to respond to COCOM's greater need for wide area surveillance. Quick reaction capability (QRC) has been delivered in the near term while allowing time for DoD to incorporate lessons learned from previously initiated QRC activities into this WAMI project. Continued development of critical wide area surveillance technologies will support existing QRCs supporting various aircraft size, weight, and power configurations, sensor performance attributes, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) architectures, and operational missions. Pre-program planning activities will continue to support formal Air Combat Command (ACC) Program of Record (PoR) activities. Activities also include studies, analysis, and technology development, maturation, and demonstration to support current and future program planning and execution. Includes total government and contractor costs for this project.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2015
Source ID
675382_0305206F_7_3600_PB_2015

Tags

Readers

  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs

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