IFICS Data Processing for Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD)

The project Work Plan will incorporate software and sensor technology developments in the general technology areas of Sensors, Decision Science and Computer Science in a Predictive Maintenance architecture. Since a significant amount of this work is commercial, the project will seek out the best the commercial world has to offer within the limitations of integrating it into the military environment. A balance work plan will be pursued that balances algorithms assessment, simulation, sensor assessment, architectural design and systems integration. The work plan restricts the technical effort to algorithms that are sufficiently mature so that a software model can be obtained and integrated into a system simulation. The algorithm trades and design tasks will be complimented by the other system engineering tasks required to translate technology and product capability into military capability.