we won a Phase II contract for “Clutter Removal and Substantially Improved Submarine Detection

In December, 2006, we won a Phase II contract for “Clutter Removal and Substantially Improved Submarine Detection, through Affordable ‘Brainlike’ Methods,” through the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Scientific Technology Transfer (STTR) program. The contract offers a system for improving decisive inferences based on Air Deployable Active Receive (ADAR) sonar, in a form that is suitable for deployment on ADAR sonobuoys. Anticipated near-term improvements include better target recognition and reduced operator fatigue, brought about through improved ping data filtering on ADAR aircraft. Anticipated long-term improvements include increased sonobuoy persistence and decreased telemetry cost, delivered through sonobuoy-based target detection and telemetry control. The effort is supported by the NAVAIR antisubmarine systems program (PMA-264). Brainlike subcontractors for the effort include the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and theUnderSea Sensor Systems Group.