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A program developed by the University of Arizona and a local military installation has received $2.4 million in federal funds to help predict enemy movements on foreign battlefields.

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat from Southern Arizona, announced the funding earlier today, saying it would help military leaders better understand how enemies such as insurgents plan and execute attacks against U.S. troops.

Created by the UA in conjunction with Fort Huachuca’s battle laboratory, the program, called the Asymmetric Threat Response and Analysis project, combs through intelligence databases to create connections between enemies to create patterns that military intelligence analysts can scrutinize.

Those patterns, once recognized, hopefully will allow military leaders to predict future outcomes and plan ways to avoid scenarios that put friendly forces in harm’s way, said Professor Jerzy Rozenblit, the leading UA researcher on the project.

For example, the program potentially could be used to cull intelligence information on the makers of roadside bombs. That information could be given to commanders who might be able to prevent a possible attack, Rozenblit said.

The $2.4 million will help move the program into its next stage, in which researchers will focus on projecting the intelligence data into possible future outcomes.

Giffords, who earmarked the funding for the program, said she was proud of the collaboration between the UA and Fort Huachuca, located roughly 75 miles southeast of Tucson.

The program “is a shining example of what can be achieved when the academic community and the military partner to develop advanced technology for our warfighters,” Giffords said.