DoD Funding Opportunity - Large Tactical Sensor Networks

The goal of the Large Tactical Sensor Networks program is to develop and demonstrate measurable advances to enable sensor networks of unmanned vehicles and unattended ground sensors to rapidly respond to small unit intelligence requirements, automatically sense the tactical environment and perform automated translation, fusion, and dissemination of sensor data into actionable intelligence. The Office of Naval Research seeks both to automate processes that provide small tactical units with an automated understanding of relationships among battlespace objects and events and to automate management of multiple hypotheses about the intent of these objects and groupings. Data analysis and fusion algorithms resulting from this research will be integrated into emerging net-centric Navy and Marine Corps Command & Control and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance acquisition programs and Distributed Common Ground System through a Service Oriented Architecture. Sensor network management and human interface technologies will also be designed to be integrated with relevant naval unmanned vehicle systems such as the Marine Corps Vertical Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), Gladiator, and Tier II UAV. Read more