SBIR/STTR Research Award
Course of Action Analysis Support Tool (COAST)
Award amount
$124,919Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2015Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2014-12-22
- Contract end date
- 2015-07-21
- UEI
- DD1BYN8SN355
- Solicitation number
- 2014.2
- Topic code
- MDA14-004
Research abstract
Combatant Commands (COCOMs) around the globe develop, evaluate, and refine courses of action (COAs) due to changing operational environments. Decision-support tools are needed to enable (1) flexible scenario creation to support the breadth of potential assets, threat conditions, and situational variations across the full spectrum of integrated air and missile defense, (2) quick COA evaluation at an appropriate level of fidelity, and (3) comparative analysis to assess the pros and cons of each COA option and provide justified, actionable recommendations. To support COCOM COA development and what-if analysis, we plan to design and demonstrate the feasibility of a standalone Course of Action Analysis Support Tool (COAST) for Missile Defense. COAST provides analysts with tools to rapidly construct scenarios, evaluate outcomes with a scalable simulation framework, and perform comparative analysis with a COA comparison tool to provide actionable recommendations for RFFs. Approved for Public Release 14-MDA-8047 (14 Nov 14)
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Neural Network Enhancements for Customized Reduced Order Models to Accelerate Nuanced COA Evaluation and Reasoning (NECROMANCER)
- Foreign malign influence (FMI) AI-driven Challenge Environment eXperiential Simulation (FACE-X)
- Forecasting Outcomes with Root Cause Evaluation for Fielded Systems (FORCEFIELDS)
- Anthropometry and Pose Observation using Low-dimensional Latent Optimization (APOLLO)
- Robotic Interconnecting Vessels Enabling River-crossing using Sensor Processing and Autonomous Navigation (RIVERSPAN)
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Command and Control Course of Action (COA) Analysis Tool
- Command and Control Course of Action (COA) Analysis Tool
- Command and Control Course of Action (COA) Analysis Tool (COAST)
- Command and Control Course of Action (COA) Analysis Tool
- Command and Control Course of Action (COA) Analysis Tool
Research funding history
961 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1984–2026). Reported award amounts total $386,500,110. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Transportation, Department of Energy