Intelligence Advanced Development

Intelligence Advanced Development under the Air Force's Research, Development, Test & Evaluation budget activity, aims to develop and demonstrate technology to support warfighter needs for timely all-source intelligence information. The program focuses on enhancing defense intelligence capabilities through the exploration and development of innovative tools, including data analytics for mining and exploitation, machine learning, and software automation. The specific objectives include providing improved on-time information to the warfighter using new and existing data sources, streamlining data analysis, reducing the footprint required, and enhancing performance. The program also supports the Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) Contested/Congested Degraded Operations (CDO) problem set by addressing specific warfighter and intelligence organization deficiencies at tactical and operational levels as identified and prioritized by Air Combat Command (ACC).

Within this program element, Project 64536A: Intelligence Exploitation Tools (IET) specifically focuses on developing prototypes to enhance all-source correlation and fusion for intelligence analysts. The project aims to improve situational awareness for Air Force, DoD, and Coalition groups by correlating various sources of intelligence information in a timely manner. This includes addressing specific objectives such as completing multi-INT entity resolution capabilities, streamlined Battle Damage Assessment processes via automation, efficient adaptive artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities for imagery and video analysis, among others. These efforts are aimed at providing enhanced warning and accuracy to allow national and military authorities a greater range of options to avert, diminish or control a crisis.

Another component of Program PE 0603260F is Project 64537A: Intelligence Analysis Capabilities (IAC), which focuses on providing continuing development and upgrades of threat analysis capabilities to produce integrated predictive air and space intelligence. The project aims to accelerate and increase the accuracy of threat estimates and system descriptions for deployed operational forces. Specific objectives include completing computational data handling tools for disparate data types across multiple disciplines within Air and Space Operations Centers, developing activities in support of collaborative collection management environment for all ISR stakeholders, analyzing geospatial features for DCGS making AI/ML models discoverable geospatially, among others. These efforts are aimed at producing accurate, predictive, relevant, and timely intelligence that supports client processes, operational planning, and mission execution.

Both projects within Program PE 0603260F align with the broader goal of enhancing defense intelligence capabilities through innovative tools while addressing specific warfighter needs identified by Air Combat Command (ACC).