Areté’s CBRNE (Chemical Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Enhanced [Improvised] Explosives Threat Solutions) expertise spans a wide range of interests from the delivery of advanced simulation capabilities to the provision of algorithm support for point and standoff Chemical-Biological (CB) processing. All elements are built upon Areté’s 30+ years of delivering solutions to the hardest national security problems.
In terms of threat reduction, Areté’s key focus is to enhance, improve and enable key mission metrics that are key to the success of our end user. Applying advanced algorithmic approaches, Areté seeks to provide sensor and mission solutions that have the following properties:
o Sensor & platform agnostic
o Scalable
o Adaptive and self-correcting/healing
o Computationally efficient
o Real or near-real time implementation.
Improved Sensor & Platform Performance (Legacy and New) – Since its inception, Areté has been at the leading edge of advanced signal processing methods. Whether the domain resides in the traditional electro-optical (EO) space or applied to the rising challenges of new data modalities (such as social media interpretation or metagenomic information processing), Areté’s detection methods can provide actionable outputs. Key areas of expertise include:
o Clutter suppression
o FAR mitigation with PoD stability
o Real-time processing
o Agnostic sensor network optimization via tracking
methods
o Advanced signal-processing (full EO spectrum)
o Analysis of massive, unstructured heterogeneous data
sets
o Analyst attention focusing tools.
Weak Signal Detection via Likelihood Processing
Unstructured Data Analysis Bio-signature Analysis
Design & Delivery of Scalable Sensing Capabilities – Areté’s core capabilities range from the creation of high fidelity physics based models to the delivery of Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) sensor platforms. Areté is delivering a range of CB sensing and monitoring capabilities from single node sensors to advanced predictive networks. These networks operate using a heterogeneous sensing platform. Driven by its roots in high fidelity modeling, Areté is able to provide quick response and agile scalability to a variety of threat scenarios.
Modeling to Test - TRAP Bio-sensor network