Advancements in Object Discovery and Correlation (K2)

The US is increasingly dependent on space-based capabilities for communications, GPS navigation, and GEOINT and MASINT products to support modern warfighters. At the same time, space is becoming increasingly crowded and new threats are constantly emerging. Every unknown object in space poses a potential threat to US space operations, with possibilities ranging from inadvertent debris collisions to enemy malicious attacks. The objective of this SBIR project is to deliver faster and more accurate UCT processing and object discovery results to the space protection and analysis community to better protect our space-based assets and capabilities. As there is no"silver bullet"solution, our approach encompasses a number of methods including evaluating the effectiveness of existing algorithms, improving those algorithms where appropriate, incorporating new algorithms and methods into a SOA-based UCT processing workflow, and improving analyst tools and visualizations.