Lockheed Martin Corporation

Michael J DiMario

Jay T Hansen

John B Stetson

Janet Barbera

Jeffrey H Heisler

A system includes a plurality of magnetometers that are each configured to generate a vector measurement of a magnetic field. The system also includes a central processing unit that is communicatively coupled to each of the magnetometers. The central processing unit is configured to receive from each of the plurality of magnetometers the respective vector measurement of the magnetic field. The central processing unit is further configured to compare each of the vector measurements to determine differences in the vector measurements and to determine, based on the differences in the vector measurements, that a magnetic object is near the plurality of magnetometers.

Buoy array of magnetometers

Array of UAVS with magnetometers

A representative method for coordinating and optimizing resources in the completion of a set of tasks includes providing multiple task types defined for a scenario and task priorities; combining multiple solutions of the respective multiple task types into multiple candidate decisions; determining candidate scores for the respective multiple candidate decisions based on the combined multiple solutions of the respective multiple task types; determining an optimal candidate score based on the candidate scores from the respective multiple candidate decisions and task priorities; and selecting an optimal response to a given scenario based on the candidate decision based on having the determined optimal candidate score.

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Michael J DiMario