Air Space Cyber&UDOP/COP (ASC&UC)

ABSTRACT: The ASC & UC program builds on the strength of the TDKC family of User-Definable Operational Picture (UDOP) products. It develops plug-ins specific to air, space, and cyber visualization and problem solving that derive from the structure of knowledge of users and their work. The program will develop visualizations, tools and algorithms based on solid human cognitive behavior knowledge, machine learning, and data mining research. ASC & UC will utilize the COMPOSE framework to provide users with an integrated picture of the current situation and support coordinated drill-down and analysis that allows users to view the data from every angle and at every level of abstraction. These tools will function at both the individual network and the organizational level, providing users in different roles with the information they need to recognize mission-impacting events. The system will also provide a collaborative shared space tool that enables a dynamic, team-centric approach to impact mitigation and mission re-planning. The technologies developed under ASC & UC will be based on focused end user analyses and interviews and ongoing space and cyber cognitive task analyses (CTA). BENEFIT: ASC & UC brings the immediate benefit that it is built on the existing JSpOC Mission System (JMS) prototype User-Definable Operational Picture (UDOP). As such, it adheres to the JMS UDOP plug-in architecture, making it compatible with existing capability. It provides cyber extensions to previous Space and Air Operational Pictures. NASA agencies have visualization requirements that are similar to those within the DoD Space domain. Homeland Defense and the Department of Energy all have need for visualization support. Commercial operators of satellites have need for these tools, so do other large commercial ventures. TDKC has leveraged experience gained on previous SBIR efforts to ensure that our revenues from non-SBIR activities, both DoD and commercial exceed our SBIR revenues; we crossed that point several years ago and we anticipate those lines will continue to diverge. TDKC has added staff with specific experience in the commercial sector; this includes large commercial ventures as well as small, venture-capital start-ups.