Big Data Analytics (BDA)

Programs Management Analytics &Technologies (PMAT) in partnership withĀUltra Electronics Advanced Tactical Systems (Ultra-ATS)Āpropose the Multi-INT Correlation and Fusion Engine (MICAFE)Āto provide the Minotaur Family of Services (MFoS) withĀadvanced data mining and fusion capabilities using modern artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) capabilities.ĀTo improve and augment the core fusion capabilities of MICAFE, archived sensor data can be mined for the purpose of creating AI/ML models and big dataĀanalytics to identify specific events of interest in support of improving the confidence in surface vessels classification.ĀĀMICAFE will address the challenges presented byĀdata ringing and data looping thatĀresultĀfromĀmultiple overlapping collection systems covering theĀsameĀarea.ĀĀThese challenges are further exacerbated when introducing external data that have already been correlated and/or fused by Shared Situational Awareness/Battlespace Awareness sources. MICAFE will provide an improved classification of unknown surface vessels, dark surface vessels, and surface vessels actively obfuscating their identities (e.g., via spoofing). In support of the MICAFE prototyping effort, the PMAT Team will develop innovative, real-time/near real-time fusion and correlation algorithms utilizing disparate, Multi-INT tactical and national Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting (ISRT) data sources. MICAFE willĀdeployĀto the tactical edge on manned and unmanned platforms and will be integrated with data producers and consumers within MFoS such as the Minotaur Mission Management Systems (MMS), supporting naval (Navy, USMC, USCG), Department of Homeland Security, and joint warfighting communities.