Communication interface between a fusion engine and subsystems of a tactical information system

A method comprising:

• receiving first standardized entity messages that include target information, wherein the target information originates from multiple automatic target recognition (ATR) systems;
• parsing the first standardized entity messages to extract the target information;
• providing the extracted target information to a fusion algorithm for fusion processing that determines whether to fuse the target information from different ATR systems and fuses the extracted target information to generate fused target information about a single target when determined to do so;
• receiving fused target information about the single target, if any, from the fusion algorithm;
• generating a second standardized entity message that includes the fused target information about the single target;
• receiving from the fusion algorithm a non-standardized success indication that indicates success or failure of fusing the extracted target information by the fusion algorithm;
• and
• transmitting a standardized product processing report externally that indicates the success or failure of the fusing.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having one or more computer programs stored therein, the computer programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor of a computer system, cause the processor to:

• receive first standardized entity messages that include target information, wherein the target information originates from multiple automatic target recognition (ATR) systems;
• parse the first standardized entity messages to extract the target information;
• provide the extracted target information as first objects to a fusion algorithm for fusion processing that determines whether to fuse the target information from different ATR systems and fuses the extracted target information to generate fused target information about a single target when determined to do so;
• receive whether the target information was fused and the as second objects fused target information about the single target, if any, from the fusion algorithm;
• generate a second standardized entity message that includes the fused target information about the single target;
• receive from the fusion algorithm a non-standardized success indication that indicates success or failure of fusing the extracted target information by the fusion algorithm;
• and transmit a standardized product processing report externally that indicates the success or failure of the fusing.