Mobile survey architecture for multi-target acquisition.
NOMAD Program
A distributed survey architecture for comparing multiple resource candidates through mobile sensing concepts, repeatable observation plans, and explicit handoff criteria.
At a glance
NOMAD
Review the distributed survey-vehicle program architecture.
Distributed survey architecture and evidence handoff criteria.
Review autonomy, sensing, simulation, and mission-software capabilities.
Technology systemsReview target comparison, uncertainty, and mission-fit methods.
Resource systemsProgram stateEngineering architecture
Evidence basisSurvey models + test criteria
ProgressionEvidence handoff gates
Distributed targets
Define a comparable candidate set with common evidence fields, observation priorities, access assumptions, and uncertainty so distributed survey effort can be allocated rationally.
Mobile tracking
Specify mobility, navigation, localization, route constraints, revisit logic, and the measurements required to maintain target identity across changing operating zones.
Sensor continuity
Define sensor overlap, calibration checks, timestamp quality, missing-data behavior, and evidence handoff so observations remain comparable across nodes and sessions.
Candidate ranking
Rank candidates using declared weights for evidence quality, access, resource relevance, logistics burden, uncertainty, and mission sensitivity; preserve the assumptions with the result.
Survey handoff
Advance a candidate only when the survey record contains enough traceable evidence, unresolved-risk statements, and follow-on requirements for a mission or processing team to act on it.
Program access
Scope the Program.
NOMAD is structured for technical partners, research groups, mission-assurance stakeholders, operators, and capital teams evaluating distributed survey architectures.