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A -- INDUSTRY INFORMATION BRIEF FOR THE PILOT BENCHMARKING PROCESS FOR JOINT COMPOSITE TRACKING NETWORK SOL ONR BAA 99-016 DUE 052199 POC Susan Vilello, Senior Contract Specialist, ONR Code 251, (703)696-2605 E-MAIL: click here, vilells@onr.navy.mil. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is sponsoring an Industry Information Brief for the Pilot Benchmarking Process for Joint Composite Tracking Network (JCTN) Assessment at the John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (APL), John Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD on Wednesday, May 26, 1999 from 10:00 a..m. until 3:00 p.m. ONR in cooperation with the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) has established the Pilot Benchmarking process for Joint Composite Tracking Network (JCTN) assessment. The Joint Composite Tracking Network (JCTN) is the title for a joint telecommunications network and processing capability to enable composite tracking among joint, heterogeneous mixes of sensors and to support appropriate levels of cooperative engagement of targets by air and missile defense weapon systems. The Pilot Benchmarking effort will create problem definitions, sets of performance measures, and an objective evaluation environment for potentially comparing algorithms and sets of algorithms proposed to meet JCTN functionalrequirements. Unlike more formalized benchmarking processes, this Pilot process is intended to determine if this is a viable means by which to evaluate various technical aspects of sensor data fusion techniques. This Pilot process will not be used to actually make selections of particular approaches for future JCTN activities. This briefing will discuss the Pilot Benchmarking process, sample vignettes, other related criteria, and how individuals who may have data fusion algorithm approaches can participate in the Pilot Benchmarking process. The brief will address the means by which the reading room for reviewing the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization published classified DRAFT Technical Requirements Documents (TRDs) for JCTN and for JCTN to Joint Data Network (JDN) Gateway Functionality in November 1998 and the 15 volumes of technical analyses relating to the draft TRD requirements can be accessed. The classified documents are for background information only and are available for review by U.S. representatives of industry involved in technologies and programs related to theater air and missile defense disciplines. The information brief will be limited to U.S. representatives of industry. Please contact Judy Smith-Gingras at John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab at (240) 228-3895 by 21 MAY 1999 of intent to attend the brief. Posted 04/21/99 (W-SN322662). (0111)

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