Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need

The Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) Space Surveillance Network (SSN) is a distributed network of ground-based sensors that detects, tracks, catalogs and identifies resident space objects (RSO) orbiting Earth. The 18th Space Control Squadron (18SPCS) is responsible for maintaining foundational Space Situational Awareness (SSA) through the operation and sustainment of SSN. Thirty-three different sensor types comprise the SSN, which uses over 200 distributed sensors to track more than 18,000 RSOs in the space domain. Currently, SSN operates on a point-to-point leased network that is vulnerable to single points of failure. Anduril will show-- through an advanced simulation and integration with SSN or surrogate hardware--the ability to use state of the art commercial technology to autonomously task simulated SSN sensors in order to implement a Search Based CONOP that both facilitates more rapid updates to a Space catalog and helps ID change/event detection in the space domain on tactical timelines. Anduril will also demonstrate the ability to perform these tasks over a resilient, self-healing, and distributed mesh network, which adjusts to changing network and communications environments and autonomously and efficiently fuses all sensor data into a single operator interface.