Catapult Information System

The Catapult Information System is a Defense Threat Reduction Agency initiative aimed at designing, developing, testing, and delivering mission capabilities to aggregate and analyze data on global emerging threats. The program supports the rapid development, engineering, testing, and deployment of analytical tools, data science methodologies, and software applications in support of the warfighter. It also aims to integrate machine learning-driven application features into the Attack the Network Tool Suite (ANTS) capabilities and modernize the Catapult data model using JADC2-recognized formats. The program's objectives include enhancing data accessibility and cross-compatibility with other data repositories in the Department of Defense (DoD) and aligning with the Joint All Domain Command and Control and Joint Warfighting Concept.

The program's specific goals include developing predictive data science models through supervised and unsupervised machine learning against current and emerging threats, integrating machine learning-driven application features into ANTS capabilities, automating processes for labeling data for supervised machine learning, standardizing open API services to improve data accessibility, modernizing the Catapult data model using JADC2-recognized formats, and developing the next generation of the Catapult Information System to align with Joint All Domain Command and Control and Joint Warfighting Concept. Additionally, the program aims to design and implement a cross-domain solution to enable data sharing across enclaves. These efforts are intended to enhance DTRA's technology transition from the laboratory to operational use and reduce risk within the acquisition process.