Definitive Contract HQ014715C7108

SBIR PHASE I RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT - "THE CURRENT BMDS M & S DATABASE SYSTEM WAS ORIGINALLY STRUCTURED IN AN AD HOC FASHION AND CURRENTLY CANNOT SUFFICIENTLY MANAGE ITS EXISTING DATA. ADDITIONALLY THE CURRENT SYSTEM DOES NOT INCLUDE METADATA DESCRIPTIONS WHICH MAKES COMPARISON OF EVENTS DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BMDS M & S DATA SETS ARE EXPECTED TO GROW IN COMPLEXITY, SIZE, EVENT COSTS, AND INCREASE IN TERMS OF SCHEDULE TIMELINES, RESULTING IN DECREASED CONFIDENCE IN THE ABILITY TO MANAGE THESE DATA SETS (TYPICALLY TERA-BYTES IN SIZE) AND IN THE DEGRADATION OF THE CAPABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY MEET EVENT TEST OBJECTIVES. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO LEVERAGE MODERN BIG DATA ARCHITECTURES AND DEVELOP AN EXTENSIBLE DATABASE THAT CAN MANAGE LARGE DATA SETS, EXPLOIT METADATA, AND SUPPORT FAST QUERY SPEEDS ACROSS THE DATE DATABASE. WE EXPLORE MOVING FROM LEGACY DATA STRUCTURES TO A NEW INTEGRATED INFORMATION-CENTRIC DATA STRUCTURE BASED ARCHITECTURE, ONE THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO SEAMLESSLY AND SECURELY TRANSFORM LEGACY DATA INTO USABLE INFORMATION, WHILE MANAGING CYBERSECURITY AND MULTILEVEL SECURITY CONCERNS. THE SOLUTION MOVES BEYOND THE ORDERING AND QUERYING OF DATA IN A STRUCTURED MANNER ONTO OPERATING ON UNSTRUCTURED OR LOOSELY STRUCTURED DATA VIA AN EMERGENT ARCHITECTURAL APPROACH. THIS WILL ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW DESIGNS QUICKLY AND FOSTER POSITIVE INNOVATION AND DESIGN. BBII PROPOSES THE CREATION OF AN INTEGRATED INTEROPERABLE INFORMATION MODEL BASED INFORMATION STRUCTURE AT THE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) THAT WILL BE THE SOURCE AND SINK OF DATA TO SUPPORT ANALYSIS, SIMULATIONS, ARTIFACT GENERATION, WORKFLOW AND OTHER OPERATIONAL NEEDS. INFORMATION WOULD FINALLY BE REPRESENTED AS THE ASSEMBLED PUZZLE SHOWING THE RELATIONSHIP OF EACH PIECE TO EVERY OTHER PIECE IN AN INFORMATION MODEL. IN TERMS OF SECURITY ISSUES THIS APPROACH INCLUDES USE OF ACCUMULO BECAUSE OF ITS FINE LEVEL ACCESS CONTROL AND BECAUSE IT ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF MULTI-LEVEL SECURITY WHILE ALLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF THE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE TO A SINGLE LEVEL. THIS APPROACH ALSO ADDRESSES THE ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE AND LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR DEVELOPING THE SHELL AND INTEGRATING IT WITH ANY EXISTING PARTS OF MDA S ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE."