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Generation of EW Libraries and Automatic Threat Identification (GELATI)

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N00024-13-P-4581
Agency Tracking Number: N131-036-0259
Amount: $79,987.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N131-036
Solicitation Number: 2013.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2013
Award Year: 2013
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2013-06-28
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2013-12-28
Small Business Information
MA
Cambridge, MA 02138-4555
United States
DUNS: 115243701
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Wayne Thornton
 Senior Scientist
 (617) 491-3474
 wthornton@cra.com
Business Contact
 Mark Felix
Title: Contracts Manager
Phone: (617) 491-3474
Email: mfelix@cra.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

Electronic warfare (EW) systems classify emitters by matching the signals detected against reference signatures in a tactical EW library. Since emitter signals can differ markedly from their library signatures (due to drift, new modes, propagation effects, etc.), ships with AN/SLQ-32(V) or SEWIP Block 1/2 systems use a labor-intensive process to iteratively"tailor"or"color"reference signatures to more closely resemble the signals they expect to detect. To enable ships to automatically build and update their tactical EW librarieswhile improving their ability to respond to new threat emitterswe propose to develop a system for Generation of EW Libraries and Automatic Threat Identification (GELATI). GELATI will perform the following: (1) generate data sets containing representative signal parameters by thoroughly exploring the envelope of tactical and EW scenarios; (2) account for signal attenuation and distortion by noise and propagation effects; (3) compute recommended revisions to the reference signatures in the tactical EW library to optimize emitter classification performance; and (4) rapidly classify threat emitters even if their reference signatures are not yet updated. By leveraging existing and developing technologies, we will demonstrate GELATI"s conceptual and engineering feasibility in Phase I, while ensuring that GELATI successfully interfaces with current and future transition targets.

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