Terra Harvest Open Source Environment (THOSE): a universal unattended ground sensor controller

Joshua Gold; Kevin Klawon; David Humeniuk; Darren Landoll

doi:10.1117/12.883980

7 May 2011 Terra Harvest Open Source Environment (THOSE): a universal unattended ground sensor controller

Joshua Gold, Kevin Klawon, David Humeniuk, Darren Landoll

Proceedings Volume 8047, Ground/Air Multisensor Interoperability, Integration, and Networking for Persistent ISR II; 804706 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.883980
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2011, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Under the Terra Harvest Program, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has the objective of developing a universal Controller for the Unattended Ground Sensor (UGS) community. The mission is to define, implement, and thoroughly document an open architecture that universally supports UGS missions, integrating disparate systems, peripherals, etc. The Controller's inherent interoperability with numerous systems enables the integration of both legacy and future Unattended Ground Sensor System (UGSS) components, while the design's open architecture supports rapid third-party development to ensure operational readiness. The successful accomplishment of these objectives by the program's Phase 3b contractors is demonstrated via integration of the companies' respective plug-'n-play contributions that include various peripherals, such as sensors, cameras, etc., and their associated software drivers. In order to independently validate the Terra Harvest architecture, L-3 Nova Engineering, along with its partner, the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI), is developing the Terra Harvest Open Source Environment (THOSE), a Java based system running on an embedded Linux Operating System (OS). The Use Cases on which the software is developed support the full range of UGS operational scenarios such as remote sensor triggering, image capture, and data exfiltration. The Team is additionally developing an ARM microprocessor evaluation platform that is both energyefficient and operationally flexible. The paper describes the overall THOSE architecture, as well as the implementation strategy for some of the key software components. Preliminary integration/test results and the Team's approach for transitioning the THOSE design and source code to the Government are also presented.

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Joshua Gold, Kevin Klawon, David Humeniuk, and Darren Landoll "Terra Harvest Open Source Environment (THOSE): a universal unattended ground sensor controller", Proc. SPIE 8047, Ground/Air Multisensor Interoperability, Integration, and Networking for Persistent ISR II, 804706 (7 May 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.883980

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