Program Overview
The Scientific Research Group has supported the National Signatures Program (NSP) Program Management Office (PMO) since May 2004, providing system and software engineering expertise, as well as scientific research and development. Our past performance in key functional areas has led to becoming a trusted and preferred solutions provider for the NSP.

• NSP Compendium. SRG team members designed, developed, maintain, and continually enhance a database catalog of Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) dependent sensors, systems, and processes in support of the NSP. The Oracle 10i database enables identification of gaps in signature technology and tracking of sensor development. The NSP Compendium will catalog over 5,000 sensors, systems, and processes after all data entry has been completed;

  

• Enterprise Architecture. This program developed the enterprise architecture of 2010 for the NSP to make possible the future vision of a dynamic, horizontally-integrated system with machine-to-machine interfaces for rapid delivery of MASINT signatures to operational users. The architecture enables the next generation signature delivery system to meet intelligence and war fighting requirements in Net Centric Operations and Warfare (NCOW) environments, such as the Global Information Grid (GIG). The architecture adheres to the DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAD) format; and

• NSP Application. To broaden the national signatures pool and keep abreast of the latest developments in signature technologies, the NSP has tasked the SRG team to develop, host, and maintain a signatures technology website designed to engage academic and research institutions, as well as other government agencies. The Signatures Technology Exchange (STE) website will host a searchable signature data repository, while fostering an environment of information exchange and dialogue between scientific researchers from universities, colleges, and laboratories via the latest online collaborative techniques. To hasten participation and involvement with the STE, the Scientific Research Group engages partners from the academic signatures community to become active members of the online STE community.