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CB-SIGMA

Advanced Chemical and Biological Sensing Network

Chemical and Biological Sensing Network

Suite of algorithms for generating an aggregate threat confidence and estimating source release conditions when employing a distributed network of chemical and biological sensors.

CB-SIGMA data fusion system is a persistent early-warning capability for the detection, identification and characterization of vapor and aerosolized chemical and biological plumes. The CB-SIGMA network is comprised of core detection, identification and plume tracking technologies and utilizes PSI’s DisperseNET, an advanced suite of algorithms that correlate spatio-temporal sensor responses with real-time physical dispersion modeling. The CB-SIGMA capability leverages DARPA’s DTECT architecture to achieve data transmission and real-time execution of several algorithmic layers, as well as provide a user display interface with access to threat decisions and plume characterization such as concentration contour evolution over time and release location estimates. The core function behind the employment of CB-SIGMA is to provide a network-level, fused decision on the probability of a threat when operating multiple chem/bio mobile or static sensors, while further reducing operational false or clutter alarms. Several instances of CB-SIGMA are already operationally deployed in support of key US urban assets.

Key Features

  • Uses a network of mobile and/or static CB-sensors to estimate the likelihood of an attack, the source, and the affected area.
  • Incorporates advanced, near-real time plume propagation modeling to predict release dynamics and estimate the release location to within better than 50 meters.
  • Tracks threat likelihood and yields reliable network-level threat alarms with an urban operational false alarm rate of < 1 in 1 month for a 4-sensor network.
Spec Sheet
CB Sigma

CB-SIGMA uses measurements from a range of networked sensors to aggregate all raw and processed sensor-level data into an intelligent framework that tracks the probability of a threat while estimating key threat parameters including spatio-temporal plume evolution and release location.

Benefit to Warfighter

CB-SIGMA reduces operational false alarms by ~ 3 orders of magnitude over single sensor performance. It enables chemical and biological sensor platforms to operate at increased sensitivity levels by fully mitigating false and clutter alarms at the network level.

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