Data Fusion of Geographically Dispersed Information for Test and Evaluation

Test and evaluation relies on computer collection and manipulation of data from a myriad of sensors and sources. More computing power allows for increases in the breadth and depth of the information collected. The same computing power must assist in identifying, ordering, storing, and providing easy access to that data. Fast networking allows large clusters of high-performance computing resources to be brought to bear on test and evaluation. This increase in fidelity has correspondingly increased the volumes of data that tests are capable of generating.