ATL Technologies

Advanced-computing and information technologies span many challenging functional domains. To effectively attack these diverse challenges, we are organized into four focused, collaborative laboratories: Advanced Concepts, Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Processing, and Embedded Processing.

We are ATL's center of excellence for developing classified technologies. Our uniquely skilled engineering staff solves some of the nation's most demanding challenges

We increase system capabilities by embedding artificial intelligence into larger, complex systems. The result is synergistic, man-machine collaborations — and autonomous unmanned systems. During time-critical decision periods, delays in information extraction or decision-making could have disastrous consequences. Our artificial-intelligence technology helps decision-makers shorten the time it takes to retrieve data, assess the situation, and consolidate information. The result is rapid, well-informed decision-making that saves time, money, and possibly lives. Our capabilities include the continued development of technologies for intelligent autonomy and teaming of unmanned systems, situation assessment and decision aids, network-centric technologies and intelligent agents, and human augmentation and user-centered interfaces. Our Artificial Intelligence Laboratory focuses on four business areas:

• Autonomy and Teaming
• Information Management — Network-Centric Operations
• Situation Understanding
• User-Centered Interfaces

We create innovative, distributed, secure and trusted, highly flexible infrastructures for next- generation command, control, communication, computer, and intelligence systems, including assured real-time systems and Quality of Service. We also develop information integration; information exploitation; and polymorphic, adaptive-computing technologies. Our research in intelligence exploitation and our ability to translate between diverse ontologies offer significant capabilities in counter-terrorism and homeland security. Our Distributed Processing Laboratory focuses on four business areas:

• Cognitive Computing
• Dynamic, Adaptive, Reconfigurable Systems
• Information Exploitation
• Network Mission Assurance

We research and develop a variety of embedded technologies and complex systems. We apply our efforts to secure, reliable network issues: improved wireless communications through digital radios and dynamic allocation of spectrum; and advanced modeling and simulation in a variety of areas. Specifically, we are developing rules, protocols, and digital radios to increase access to the available radio-frequency spectrum for the Next-Generation Communications program. We are also developing and refining simulation technologies, like the smart Product Model for end-to-end product and platform development and life-cycle management, CSIM software-simulation product for modeling a variety of software applications, and Predictive Simulation—a faster-than-real-time aid for helping field commanders assess courses of action and countering responses. Our Embedded Processing Laboratory focuses on four business areas:

• Advanced Networking
• Advanced Signal Processing and Embedded Processing
• Complex Systems
• Wireless Communications