Tactical Sensor Open Standards Integration

Develop open standards integration between sensors providing battlespace awareness at the tactical, operational, and strategic level. Special Operations Forces (SOF) utilizing tactical mobile devices in denied, degraded, intermittent and limited bandwidth communications environments have access to a number of sensor feeds that lack an open standard interface to synthesize information. Processing and exploitation of sensor data requires vertical integration with other platforms for near-real-time situational awareness between tactical and operational echelons. Open standards will also enable greater horizontal data sharing between SOF Operators, SOF Mission Planners, and partner nations across a limited bandwidth environment. The capability is intended for bi-directional integration with operational level Tactical Operations Centers and for SOF operating at the tactical level in austere environments to expand situational awareness and inform decisions required for execution of operations.