The Layer Between
Sensors see. Effectors strike. The decision in between — what each threat is, what to do about it, what not to waste — is the part that gets underinvested, and it's the part we build.
A counter-UAS engagement is not a detection problem and it is not an interceptor problem. It is an allocation problem under scarcity, uncertainty, and time pressure. A sensor reports a track, and the question is never “is there a threat?” The question is “which threat, how urgent, and which scarce effector do we spend on it — knowing we cannot spend it twice?”
The Owl is the layer that answers it. It fuses sensor reports into tracks. It classifies each one against a posterior that carries its own uncertainty. It evaluates what each track means for the asset. It allocates the scarce effector — jammer or interceptor — and it assesses whether the answer held. Every step carries a reason. Every hold is a decision, not the absence of one.
Radar and interceptors are commodities — anyone can buy them. The decision layer is the product, because it is what turns a collection of hardware into a system that protects.
Sim-validated. Not field-proven.