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Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance
Overview Just about all of MITRE's engineering and science disciplines are involved with improving our sponsors' intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) activities. Engineers and scientists working in disciplines ranging from artificial intelligence to sensors are helping our military and civil authorities improve their performance. For example, our human factors engineers are using artificial intelligence and automation techniques to help Air Force ISR collection managers make faster, better decisions, such as: in a number of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) flying missions, which one should be retasked when a new target pops up? Whether it's improving the use of UAVs or keeping track of terrorists crossing borders, MITRE is helping our military services keep the upper hand in ISR operations. For example, we originated the ISR Information Service (ISRIS), which offers live streaming video, searchable archived video, and other services to warfighters engaged in UAV operations. (ISRIS grew out of MITRE's MAJIIC, a collaboration project among the United States and eight nations to share seamless ISR data in a coalition environment.) We then leveraged ISRIS by combining it with another MITRE development called Cursor on Target (CoT). CoT is a process that automates the exchange of targeting data across a variety of platforms. ISRIS/CoT can run on Web browsers or in any CoT-enabled application to link UAV full-motion video operations in support of joint missions, time-critical targeting efforts, and mission handover. ISRIS/CoT is being used today to support Predator operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. When terrorists or persons of interest cross borders, our military intelligence groups would like to know their identity so they can be tracked. One promising surveillance technology is a biometrics system that uses automated methods for identifying a physiological or a behavioral characteristic that either identifies a person or authenticates a person's claimed identity. And what about our warfighters who have to go into hostile cities? Is it possible for them to efficiently survey the area without setting foot in it? The solution may be autonomous robots that take 3D videos that are combined with simultaneous localization and mapping methods developed by MITRE engineers to give a virtual 3D view from any position. Current Work Programs Some of our projects in this area include:
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