Distributed Agent-based Information Dissemination System (DAIDS)

"Every element of the Army airborne combat team depends on shared situation awareness for and other information they need to act as a coordinated mission-effective team while optimizing their survivability in a way that works in real-world environments. Toprovide this common understanding, ISX Corporation and Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) propose DAIDS, the Distributed Agent-based Information Dissemination System, with three key elements:1) Distributed Information Dissemination Platform to implement a peer-to-peer information fusion architecture, provide for dynamic registration of network nodes, and provide local infrastructure at each network node to enable information fusion anddissemination policies and behaviors;2) Fusion Management Agents that apply appropriate information fusion support services, enabling maintenance of a coherent Common Tactical Picture (CTP) at each node while integrating track and sensor updates from multiple peer nodes;3) Information Dissemination Agents that transport tailored fusion-relevant information to other network nodes.This approach will provide distributed information dissemination services for Distributed Data Fusion amongst participating platforms to manage the CTP, including smart DAIDS software agents that coordinate tracks among peers with overlappingresponsibilities; recognize task-, mode-, or context-specific information requirements; handle specific peer informatio