Tactical Sensor Data Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (sof4D: An Open Automated Approach to PED)

Our nations warfighting capability is both aided and hindered by increasing volume, velocity, and variety of heterogeneous PED data. A scalable, adaptable, open architecture and automation are central themes in the proposed Phase II approach. The proposed architecture features innovative Master Repository (MR) and GeoPackage Repository (GR), with new tools and services that operate in a cloud environment, providing a unified capability for processing 2D/3D/4D geospatial data in support of end-to-end SOF PED operations across SOF missions, from source processing to Master Repository to GeoPackage Repository to dissemination and mission exploitation. The proposed MR supports a Seamless Whole Earth user experience, where users will gracefully interact with a digital earth, while being shielded from underlying system complexities. The target cloud services platform and environment will provide USSOCOM with significant off-the-shelf means for server and data archive hosting, virtualization, security, availability, scalability, enterprise messaging, and continuity of operations. New open services and workflows will provide plug-n-play capabilities that enable USSOCOM to incorporate changes over time to adapt to new mission challenges, technology, and requirements. The proposed GR will contain enhanced GeoPackages, which will support mission operators at the various levels of SOF Commands, including operators on the dirt.