SBIR-STTR Award

Novel Battle Damage Assessment Using Sensor Networks
Award last edited on: 2/4/2021

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : AF
Total Award Amount
$1,623,703
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
AF181-019
Principal Investigator
Michael Shields

Company Information

Vigilant Cyber Systems Inc (AKA: VCS~Vigilant Systems)

250 Apollo Drive
Mount Airy, NC 27030
   (336) 407-2190
   info@vigilantsys.com
   www.vigilantsys.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 05
County: Surry

Phase I

Contract Number: FA9451-18-P-0256
Start Date: 8/7/2018    Completed: 5/7/2019
Phase I year
2018
Phase I Amount
$149,884
Vigilants Electromagnetic Battle Damage Assessment Toolkit (EMBDAT) is designed to assess the effects of HPEM attack using data from multiple sensors and to ascertain the utility of each sensor toward the battle damage assessment. It provides tools for modeling the target system, HPEM weapon, and sensors used in an engagement. It integrates with various sensors and uses statistical analysis techniques and machine learning analytics to assess the state of the target system during and after an HPEM attack. EMBDAT integrates with our Toolkit for Assessing Electromagnetic Disruption Recovery (TAEMDR), which performs EM attack simulations that are used to train the EMBDAT classifiers. EMBDAT then utilizes classifier transformations to allow the trained classifiers to generalize to operate on different system and sensor configurations. During an HPEM attack and subsequent recovery, EMBDAT analytics run in real-time to provide the user continuous updates on the status of the target and the estimated time until it returns to normal operation. To support the EMBDAT development, we are investigating sensing techniques including active and passive cyber sensors as well as sensors based on side channel attacks.

Phase II

Contract Number: FA9451-20-C-0527
Start Date: 5/27/2022    Completed: 6/24/2024
Phase II year
2020
Phase II Amount
$1,473,819
Vigilant Cyber Systems, Inc. proposed to design and develop the Electromagnetic Battle Damage Assessment Tool (EMBDAT) to assess the effects of high-power electromagnetic (HPEM) attack using sensor data from the system under attack (target system) and other known quantities about the target and weapon. It is designed to integrate with a variety of sensors and provides an application programming interface (API) through which new sensors can be added. Further, it provides machine learning analytics not only to assess the effects on the target, but also to quantify the contribution of each sensor to the damage assessment. To train these analyzers, EMBDAT provides a machine learning HPEM battle damage assessment (BDA) toolkit. This toolkit allows EMBDAT operators to train the analyzers using data from previous HPEM attacks and tests as well as simulated HPEM events.