Geospatial Cloud Analytics (GCA)
Abstract
The Geospatial Cloud Analytics (GCA) program will develop technology to access and analyze global scale, multimodal geospatial data and pilot an analytics-as-a-service business model. Exploiting multiple sources and modalities at a global scale requires the development of technologies and systems that provide common access points to commercial data, computational power to preprocess data and make it exploitable by analytical tools, and new models supporting sensing and analytics as services including sharing of tools and results between individuals and consortiums. GCA creates a capability for near real time monitoring of global events and change detection across various environments and warfighting domains, building upon the Secure Handhelds on Assured Resilient networks at the tactical Edge (SHARE) coalition warfighter information sharing program, also in this Program Element. By exploiting the vast amounts of geospatial information from new commercial satellite constellations and other sources, GCA will create the technology foundations needed to provide global awareness of gray-zone activities. It will do so by augmenting commercial capabilities with defense assets, not vice versa, and thereby improve speed, agility, and scalability. Technology from this program will transition to the Services and DoD Agencies to meet their needs for global situational awareness.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2019
- Source ID
- 90654abb15685e15b64e2dae03f993d1