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System of Systems Analytics, Inc. (SoSACorp) is a small business, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Fairfax, VA that specializes in system of systems architecting and engineering of C4ISR systems and associated processes. We are a technology leader in military transformation; specifically, the effects based approach to operations, design of advanced sensing systems, and military / intelligence planning and analysis. Our fields of technical expertise include signal and image processing, communications, complexity theory, and system utility analysis, in addition to large scale planning and process optimization. And, our personnel have operational and technical experience with space, air, and ground ISR assets at all levels of deployment (national, theater, tactical) in each of the intelligence disciplines (IMINT, SIGINT, HUMINT, MASINT and OSINT). Our experience particularly pertinent to Seaport-e includes development of concepts and requirements; modeling, simulation, and analysis; and development of advanced algorithms for dynamic retasking (e.g., Model Predictive Control (MPC)) and automatic constrained path planning. We regularly apply our ISR experience to the development of: prototype tools for Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (TCPED); prototypes of sensor concepts; Techniques, Tactics and Procedures (TTP); tools for synchronizing ISR missions with other operations. In addition, we have developed and coded algorithms for autonomous swarming UAVs; predictive control; agent and complexity-based methods; dynamic planning and tasking; and multi-attribute Genetic Algorithms. SoSACorp employs a cadre of scientists and engineers augmented by world-class consultants in signal processing, complexity theory, and military operations. A majority of our full-time staff hold doctorate and masters degrees in physics, mathematics, electrical engineering, computer science and related fields. Additionally, SoSACorp employs retired senior military officers with extensive personal knowledge of military doctrine, planning, operations, and intelligence.
We support our customers as primary researchers and developers in the pursuit of solutions to hard problems, and as technical advisors to explain and sort through the conflicting claims of the high-tech world. Our customer base includes government agencies, military commands, research organizations, prime contractors, and academia.
SoSACorp is located at 3877 Fairfax Ridge Road, Fairfax, VA. SoSACorp also maintains a presence at Ft. Monmouth and Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) in Suffolk, VA. The SoSACorp Fairfax headquarters has 7000 sq ft of office space and conference facilities. Of that total, 300 sq ft is a DCID 6/9 certifiable SCIF.
Experience:
Functional Area 1. DCGS-A Support. SoSACorp has provided Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support for the Distributed Common Ground Station-Army (DCGS-A). SoSACorp provides specialized system engineering, program management and process-based development methodology for the Space Based Radar (SBR), TENCAP legacy systems, and Tactical Exploitation Systems (TES) to include systems configuration support and process refinement.
Functional Areas 2 and 3. DARPA IBC Support. SoSACorp is currently providing direct support to the DARPA/Integrated Battle Command (IBC) program office. The role of SoSACorp is overall concept development for the IBC system. The IBC system represents generation-after-next model-based military and interagency planning using full DIME/PMESII modeling and effects categories. SoSACorp supported development of the process for designing a campaign plan at the strategic level using the effects based operations procedures. SoSACorp researched databases on PMESII models and identified over 90 potential forms of models.
Functional Areas 4, 5, and 6. Geolocation Algorithm Development. SoSACorp has developed specialized algorithms for the geolocation of RF emitters for a classified DoD customer. These algorithms represent enhancements over the legacy techniques that have been employed in the past and will improve the accuracy of future systems. In addition SoSACorp has converted the algorithms to executable, operational software modules.
Functional Area 3. Electronic Warfare Simulation for NRL. SoSACorp personnel developed and delivered a simulation of an electronic warfare environment. This simulation was stochastic and event-driven, modeling individual entities that respond to both scheduled and dynamic events. The simulation used NRL’s Building application programming interface (API), allowing it to receive attributes from scenarios constructed in Builder, and to display appropriate menus and graphics in the Builder graphical user interfaces. A key feature of the technical approach was the systematic incorporation of intelligent agents able to request and receive signal information on demand, including pulse-description words. The simulation modeled radar and ESM systems, and both aircraft and ground-mobile platforms carrying these systems.
Functional Areas 1, 2 and 6. SBIR R&D for Intelligent Agents. SoSACorp performed R&D under a competitively won Phase I SBIR administered by the Naval Surface Warfare Center (Dahlgren). The purpose of the SBIR was to develop intelligent software agents for automating the functions of electronic warfare systems on the EA-18 airborne electronic attack aircraft, and in particular the Electronic Combat Decision Support System (ECDSS).
Functional Area 4. TEBO ACTD. SoSACorp has been supporting the new concept for Theater Effects Based Operations (TEBO) by designing a software tool to develop or generate effects based plans and orders. SoSACorp supported concept development, and then the actual design and development of the tool. A prototype was developed and exercised in Korea by USFK. The system is being developed for initial deployment and evaluation in Korea by USFK. Initial spiral developments of the tool have been tested in force exercises. The tool navigates through the Military Decision Making Process and displays screens for data input that is dependent on specific instructions received from higher headquarters or implied missions.
Functional Area 5. FCS. SoSACorp supported the Future Combat Systems (FCS) analysis for the Army Transformation Program. Tasks included planning for the development of a series of simulations; the conduct of experiments to assess the performance of the FCS Network Architecture in terms of Quality of Service (QOS), scalability and communications robustness; refining architecture details; and developing requirements for the network architecture. SoSACorp developed accredited scenarios or “use cases” that effectively represented the US information traffic, techniques, tactics and procedures with sufficient fidelity to exercise information flow into, out of, and between the users. We supported the end-to-end sensor-to-shooter modeling and analysis of the integrated battle command system relevant to the requirement to support the High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) SIGINT collection systems. SoSACorp investigated the processing and reaction delays in the human-machine sensor-to-shooter chain. SoSACorp performed requirements analysis on the C4ISR requirements and designed and implemented a database approach to manage performance measures, requirements, and analysis.
Functional Areas 1, 2 and 6. Data Mining. SoSACorp has conducted a number of analytical studies and developments in the area of Data Mining. In particular, SoSACorp participated as a member of a team investigating Total Information Awareness program (later changed to Terrorist Information Awareness) for the IAO office. The intent of this program was to perform searches and pattern recognition on very large (multi-TB) databases aimed at the detection of incipient terrorist activity. Because of (1) the size of the databases, (2) the amount of noise in the signal, and (3) the expense of follow-up verification, false alarm rates was a major consideration. SoSACorp proposed a novel hardware-software system architecture that exploits the power of randomized search techniques to build strings of linked events suggesting the possibility of coordinated action by a postulated organized terrorist cell. We also participated in system engineering activities relating to the integration of heterogeneous data sources and providing analysts rapid, coherent access to them.
Functional Areas 1 and 4. JFCOM Analytical CONOPS and LoE. SoSACorp planned and developed the Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and several Limited Objective Experiments (LOEs) for USJFCOM to evaluate the concept of a Distributed Decision Support System (D²S²), also known as the Virtual Brain. D²S² is a next-generation analysis and decision support capability providing forward deployed forces with problem-specific reach back to tools, data, subject matter experts (SMEs), Intelligence Community (IC) support and Centers of Excellence (COE). It provides real-time as well as near real-time support, and assists analysts and planners as well as decision makers. A partial D²S² prototype (Virtual Data Generation System (VDGS)) was deployed by a SoSACorp team in 2005 under JFCOM / JUOO sponsorship. An initial set of experiments were performed using it at several JFCOM / JUOO Joint Urban Resolve events in late 2005 and early 2006.
System of Systems Analytics, Inc. (AKA SoSACorp)
3877 Fairfax Ridge Road, Suite 201C
Fairfax, VA 22030-7425
Business Type: Other Small Business
Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) number: 1RN02
Duns Number: 127494636
Geographical Zones: Zone 1 Northeast, Zone 2 National Capital, Zone 3 Mid Atlantic, Zone 4 Gulf Coast, Zone 5 Midwest, Zone 6 Southwest, and Zone 7 Northwest.