Implementing an Innovative, Robust, and Encompassing Uncrewed System Data Enterprise

The use of uncrewed systems within NOAA as a research and operational tool is well-documented. The full benefits of uncrewed systems to achieving the NOAA mission have remained largely unrealized, primarily because of the programmatic nature of these deployments. Establishment of enterprise services to coalesce uncrewed systems activities is essential for NOAA to optimize the use and benefits of these systems. A robust and encompassing data enterprise is principal among these needed enterprise services, and is essential to the success of NOAA's uncrewed systems strategy. The NOAA Uncrewed Systems Strategic Implementation Plan presents a comprehensive multi-year plan of action that builds upon the framework established in the NOAA Uncrewed Systems Strategy. This manuscript describes the Uncrewed Systems Data Enterprise as outlined in the Implementation Plan. In Section II we describe the data enterprise milestones. The notional operational framework and planned case studies are described in Sections III and IV, respectively. The advantages of the data enterprise are summarized in Section V.