The US military is being overloaded with data. A report issued in December of last year titled “Data Analysis Challenges” says that the sensory data that the US military collects on a daily basis is becoming increasingly difficult to store, analyze and integrate into defence systems.
The report details concerns made by members of the defence and intelligence communities that the majority of the gathered data is not being used. MIT defence research scientist Pete Rustan is quoted as saying, “Seventy percent of the data we collect is falling on the floor.”
As an example of the ever growing volume of data that the US defence department has to deal with, a surveillance system called Constant Hawk typically produces 10’s to 100’s of Terabytes of data within the space of a few hours.
The report also states that with advancements in sensor technology the amount of data that the military will have to deal with could reach levels in the Yottabyte range by 2015.
Source: TechWeb
Michael Reed
