{"id":3805,"date":"2025-04-04T14:49:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/araz.c4i.gmu.edu\/?page_id=3805"},"modified":"2026-06-02T23:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:35:31","slug":"high-level-data-fusion-hldf-system-architecture-for-counter-unmanned-aerial-systems-cuas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/araz.c4i.gmu.edu\/?page_id=3805","title":{"rendered":"High Level Data Fusion (HLDF) System Architecture for Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (CUAS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3805\" class=\"elementor elementor-3805\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-167dc91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"167dc91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b255fb\" data-id=\"0b255fb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-eaa45fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eaa45fe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9775e4e\" data-id=\"9775e4e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4e7193 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4e7193\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><strong>Opportunity and Challenges:<\/strong><\/h1><ul><li>Unmanned Aerial Systems are proving to be a real threat in multiple domains.<\/li><li><p>Multiple sensors and isolated solutions exists for detecting and tracking drones on a case-by-case basis.<\/p><\/li><li><p>How can we flexibly integrate multiple sensors and effectors to detect and counter drones and swarms of drones?<\/p><\/li><\/ul><h1><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Technical Contributions:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h1><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"14\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">This project develops a Model-based Reference Architecture for High-level Data Fusion (HLDF) for Counter Drone Operations.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"14\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">This is a flexible HLDF system architecture that provides system-of-systems interoperability between existing sensors and Command &amp; Control (C2) systems, maximizes reusability of key technical resources including software modules, and supports future innovation and evolution of HLDF, C2 and sensing systems.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"related-works\"><h1><b>Related Works:<\/b><\/h1><ol><li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/gmutv\/review\/819526069\/492865a13b\">High-Level Data Fusion for Modern Command and Control (C2) and Counter Small Unmanned Systems<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-545e244\" data-id=\"545e244\" 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