SBIR/STTR Award attributes
To support Navy’s need for novel algorithms using improved energy clustering and association techniques to represent the spatial and Doppler distribution of active-sonar returns to improve active-sonar tracking and classification performance for the AN/SQQ-89A(V)15, ARiA will develop and demonstrate the Next-Generation Clusterer (NGC), a suite of algorithms for feature-augmented contact localization, clutter rejection, and target identification. The Phase I effort will (1) develop and adapt the NGC deep-learning framework for feature-augmented detection and contact formation; (2) demonstrate the performance of NGC and establish that NGC can be developed into a useful product for the Navy through analytical modeling and development with simulated and recorded sea data; and (3) develop a Phase II plan for NGC including an initial design specification and capabilities description to guide development of a prototype that is compatible with the existing software architecture of the AN/SQQ-89A(V)15.
