Homeland security application of the Army Soft Target Exploitation and Fusion (STEF) system

Richard T. Antony; Joseph A. Karakowski

doi:10.1117/12.852508

5 May 2010 Homeland security application of the Army Soft Target Exploitation and Fusion (STEF) system

Richard T. Antony, Joseph A. Karakowski

Proceedings Volume 7666, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense IX; 76661O (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.852508
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2010, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

A fusion system that accommodates both text-based extracted information along with more conventional sensor-derived input has been developed and demonstrated in a terrorist attack scenario as part of the Empire Challenge (EC) 09 Exercise. Although the fusion system was developed to support Army military analysts, the system, based on a set of foundational fusion principles, has direct applicability to department of homeland security (DHS) & defense, law enforcement, and other applications. Several novel fusion technologies and applications were demonstrated in EC09. One such technology is location normalization that accommodates both fuzzy semantic expressions such as behind Library A, across the street from the market place, as well as traditional spatial representations. Additionally, the fusion system provides a range of fusion products not supported by traditional fusion algorithms. Many of these additional capabilities have direct applicability to DHS. A formal test of the fusion system was performed during the EC09 exercise. The system demonstrated that it was able to (1) automatically form tracks, (2) help analysts visualize behavior of individuals over time, (3) link key individuals based on both explicit message-based information as well as discovered (fusion-derived) implicit relationships, and (4) suggest possible individuals of interest based on their association with High Value Individuals (HVI) and user-defined key locations.

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Richard T. Antony and Joseph A. Karakowski "Homeland security application of the Army Soft Target Exploitation and Fusion (STEF) system", Proc. SPIE 7666, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense IX, 76661O (5 May 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.852508

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