The GUARD DOG Program aims to develop technologies for enhanced tactical (patrol- to battalion-level) human intelligence (HUMINT) collection and analysis. GUARD DOG will produce an application for handheld devices based PDAs, as well as an analytic environment that will work together to provide automated support for the collect-update-analyze-prioritize HUMINT process.
The GUARD DOG Program will develop technologies for enhanced tactical (patrol- to battalion-level) human intelligence (HUMINT) collection and analysis. GUARD DOG will produce an application for handheld devices based on portable digital assistants (PDAs) and an analytic environment for workstations. Together these will provide automated support for the collect-update-analyze-prioritize HUMINT process. Soldiers will benefit from being able to use a PDA while on patrol to log information learned during interviews with local populations. Information will be combined within an enterprise-level system and accessed by intelligence teams at all echelons. Analytic software will evaluate the current state of knowledge, identify gaps in the knowledge base, and generate new information requirements, all of which will be returned to the soldier’s PDA. The soldier will then have the ability to view and perform lightweight analytics on this new information.