HUMINT Fusion without Coding (HFWC): An Automated HUMINT to Multi-INT Analytic Tool and Scalable Architecture to Support Navy Intelligence Analysts
Navy SBIR FY2010.2


Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2010.2
Topic No.: N102-185
Topic Title: HUMINT Fusion without Coding (HFWC): An Automated HUMINT to Multi-INT Analytic Tool and Scalable Architecture to Support Navy Intelligence Analysts
Proposal No.: N102-185-0607
Firm: Harmonia, Inc.
2020 Kraft Drive, Suite 1000
Blacksburg, Virginia 24060-6491
Contact: Marc Abrams
Phone: (540) 951-5901
Web Site: www.harmonia.com
Abstract: HUMINT includes text based message traffic, other text document sources composed by humans, particularly the free-form prose text of these messages/documents that can be processed to produce information of value, and other human-produced media types (e.g., video, pictures). Harmonia proposes a new tool, called HFWC �V HUMINT Fusion without Coding �V that allows analysts to design custom fusion workflows without coding or the need for a programmer to code algorithms to exploit collected, processed, and stored information. HFWC introduces a net-centric data store in a certain format that facilitates the transformation from human analysis to machine-processing, thus providing the essential link between HUMINT and fusion with Multi-INT. Harmonia��s solution also allows an analyst to define small reusable analysis apps, which we call iTel apps, for the intelligence community to rapidly disseminate and share new analysis methods to analysts, form a library of them, and automatically execute them to facilitate HUMINT,_Multi-INT Fusion. A facility to create a corporate memory of analysis methods to additionally accelerate the work of all analysts will be included. The final solution will operate in a cross-domain environment to fuse unclassified data with classified data without compromising security.
Benefits: Harmonia��s solution will aid analysts by allowing them to create workflows without programming, allow for data fusion from disparate sources and build a library of reusable analysis components. HFWC will be able to scale to millions of terabyte sized files for analysis of open and other sources. HFWC allows analysts to design custom fusion workflows without coding and without needing a programmer to fully exploit collected, processed and stored information. Harmonia��s solution enables the analyst to create their products in standardized formats including meta-tagging for subsequent data fusion and sharing of modules. Analyst collaboration is stream-lined through dynamic net-centric data store creation. HFWC facilitates collaborative work between analysts in building targets. Features of HFWC allow the analyst to explain how they built their solution to their commander. The solution is based on service-oriented architecture to simplify integration with DCGS-N and other Navy systems.

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