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Book Synopsis Theatre Ballistic Missile Defense-Multisensor Fusion, Targeting and Tracking Techniques by : Antonio P. San Jose
Download or read book Theatre Ballistic Missile Defense-Multisensor Fusion, Targeting and Tracking Techniques written by Antonio P. San Jose and published by . This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gulf War illustrated how important ballistic missile defenses have become to the United States. The study of intercepting Theatre Ballistic Missiles (TBMs) in their boost phase was prompted by concerns about the widespread dissemination of submunitions and the differentiation of decoys from actual warheads released early in the missile's midcourse flight. Boost Phase Intercept (BPI) would alleviate this problem by destroying the enemy's ballistic missile in the missile's launch phase, thereby causing the lethal payload and debris from the engagement to fall back on the aggressor. This thesis focuses on the development of missile tracking algorithms to be used in the boost phase of TBMs. A missile encounters significant changes in velocity, acceleration, and direction during the boost phase, making it difficult to track. Extended Kalman filter (EKF), Alpha-Beta-Gamma filter, and Interacting Multiple Model (IMM) filtering techniques are developed to determine the missile tracking accuracy of TBMs during boost phase. Simulation results and actual TBM profiles from test data are presented to verify the tracking accuracy utilizing different filtering techniques.
Book Synopsis Theatre Ballistic Missile Defense-Multisensor Fusion, Targeting and Tracking Techniques by : San
Download or read book Theatre Ballistic Missile Defense-Multisensor Fusion, Targeting and Tracking Techniques written by San and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gulf War illustrated how important ballistic missile defenses have become to the United States. The study of intercepting Theatre Ballistic Missiles (TBMs) in their boost phase was prompted by concerns about the widespread dissemination of submunitions and the differentiation of decoys from actual warheads released early in the missile's midcourse flight. Boost Phase Intercept (BPI) would alleviate this problem by destroying the enemy's ballistic missile in the missile's launch phase, thereby causing the lethal payload and debris from the engagement to fall back on the aggressor. This thesis focuses on the development of missile tracking algorithms to be used in the boost phase of TBMs. A missile encounters significant changes in velocity, acceleration, and direction during the boost phase, making it difficult to track. Extended Kalman filter (EKF), Alpha-Beta-Gamma filter, and Interacting Multiple Model (IMM) filtering techniques are developed to determine the missile tracking accuracy of TBMs during boost phase. Simulation results and actual TBM profiles from test data are presented to verify the tracking accuracy utilizing different filtering techniques.
Book Synopsis Flexible Architectures for Sensor Fusion in Theater Missile Defense by :
Download or read book Flexible Architectures for Sensor Fusion in Theater Missile Defense written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper presents sensor fusion procedures and algorithms for tracking and intercept support. The effort was undertaken in support of Ballistic Missile Defense Office (BMDO) activities pertaining to the design of a effective Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (TBMD) Command and Control structure and associated Operational Control and Combat Command elements design. The following major issues are addressed: (1) Methods of sensor fusion and associated algorithms (their advantages and disadvantages and their dynamic utilization in the battle scenario). Issues of track fusion vs. data fusion are given particular attention; (2) The communication loads of particular sensor fusion architectures and of the associated operational control activities; (3) Algorithms for the effective utilization of sensor fusion for intercept support and for burnout point estimation. This paper addresses the simplest possible case: a single missile on a ballistic trajectory tracked by two radar sensors in a flat earth model. False signals, clutter, closely spaced objects, tumbling, and gravitational anomalies are not considered. We demonstrate that even this simple case is conducive for providing valuable answers in the broad areas listed above. Numerous graphs are included. These graphs are the results of simulation runs by the Sensor Fusion Architecture Model (SFAM) developed for this effort.
Book Synopsis Electronic Attack and Sensor Fusion Techniques for Boost-phase Defense Against Multiple Ballistic Threat Missiles by :
Download or read book Electronic Attack and Sensor Fusion Techniques for Boost-phase Defense Against Multiple Ballistic Threat Missiles written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first objective of this thesis is to investigate the effect of several forms of electronic attack (EA) on the radio frequency (RF) sensors used within a boost-phase ballistic missile intercept system. The EA types examined include noise jamming, chaff, radar cross section (RCS) reduction, and expendable decoys. Effects of the EA methods are evaluated by examining the track position error at the sensor fusion output. Sensor fusion architectures investigated include a weighted average sensor fusion; Kalman-filter-based sensor fusion, and joint probabilistic data fusion architecture. A second objective of this thesis is to extend the single-target, single-interceptor analysis and simulation to a multi-target, multi-interceptor scenario to include the formation of an ellipsoidal gating process to correctly correlate the target measurements with the corresponding track file. We show that the most effective EA is the use of noise jamming followed by a RCS reduction of the missile body. We also show that a properly designed sensor fusion process can effectively mitigate the EA techniques that might be used in a boostphase intercept scenario.
Book Synopsis Electronic Attack and Sensor Fusion Techniques for Boot-phase Defense Against Multiple Ballistic Threat Missiles by :
Download or read book Electronic Attack and Sensor Fusion Techniques for Boot-phase Defense Against Multiple Ballistic Threat Missiles written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first objective of this thesis is to investigate the effect of several forms of electronic attack (EA) on the radio frequency (RF) sensors used within a boost-phase ballistic missile intercept system. The EA types examined include noise jamming, chaff, radar cross section (RCS) reduction, and expendable decoys. Effects of the EA methods are evaluated by examining the track position error at the sensor fusion output. Sensor fusion architectures investigated include a weighted average sensor fusion; Kalman-filter-based sensor fusion, and joint probabilistic data fusion architecture. A second objective of this thesis is to extend the single-target, single-interceptor analysis and simulation to a multi-target, multi-interceptor scenario to include the formation of an ellipsoidal gating process to correctly correlate the target measurements with the corresponding track file. We show that the most effective EA is the use of noise jamming followed by a RCS reduction of the missile body. We also show that a properly designed sensor fusion process can effectively mitigate the EA techniques that might be used in a boostphase intercept scenario.
Book Synopsis The State of Multiple Sensor, Multiple Target Tracking in Ballistic Missile Defense by :
Download or read book The State of Multiple Sensor, Multiple Target Tracking in Ballistic Missile Defense written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report addresses the latest developments and some of the critical issues pertaining to tracking algorithm development for ballistic missile defense (BMD). For the last several years, tracking has been recognized as one of the most complex and challenging tasks in BMD. During this time tracking algorithm development has been pursued vigorously, with substantial results and continuing progress. Part I of this report has the character of a survey of the latest developments and describes the activities in different organizations and the results obtained in critical technical areas. It describes developments in two areas pertaining to algorithm development and two related to algorithm simulation and evaluation; Data Association; Cluster Tracking; Tracking Simulation; and the Surveillance Testbed (STB). Part II is essentially a technical analysis of issues, problems, and candidate approaches in selected key areas. Some remaining problems pertaining to the design, utilization, and evaluation of tracking algorithms are: Birth-to-Death Tracking; Booster Tracking and Template Matching; Midcourse Track Initiation, and Scoring Methods for Track Performance.
Book Synopsis Integrated Detection and Estimation Using Multisensor and Distributed Processing by : Rangasami Laksminarayana Kashyap
Download or read book Integrated Detection and Estimation Using Multisensor and Distributed Processing written by Rangasami Laksminarayana Kashyap and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research deals with the solution of detection and estimation problems encountered in a variety of target tracking problems encountered in a Ballistic Missile Defense environment. We propose five broad classes of problems. The first problem deals with the guidance for interceptors tracking maneuverable targets. We need to forecast the time of intersection and the bearing angle of the target, and have to update them continuously. The second problem is the robust tracking of moving targets, especially with the tracks close to one another. Our approach avoids the data association lacunae of the existing methods. Next we deal with targets which can be handled via two-dimensional imagery. We analyze these aspects. First is the method of restoration of degraded images and videos. The second deals with the compression of images and videos by sub-band coding. The third deals with a new approach for handling wavelets and its use in image compression.
Book Synopsis Boost Phase Intercept by : Wilson Guilbeaux
Download or read book Boost Phase Intercept written by Wilson Guilbeaux and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Missile Defense Agency Sensors by : Tabatha Spitzer
Download or read book Missile Defense Agency Sensors written by Tabatha Spitzer and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Missile Defense Agency has funded land-, sea-, air-, and space-based sensor technology to support the ballistic missile defense system and perform the duties that go beyond human capability. This report features 12 sensor technologies that have capabilities such as: identifying and locating infrared sources, prociding guidance to interceptors, discriminating decoys, creating 3-D images of far-off objects, and detecting multiple spectral bands simultaneously. The report highlights commercial applications for these sensor technologies as well. The same technology that discriminates between actual missiles and decoys can be used in facial recognition technology on the commercial market. Illustrations.
Book Synopsis Integrated Detection and Estimation Using Multisensor and Distributed Processing by :
Download or read book Integrated Detection and Estimation Using Multisensor and Distributed Processing written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research deals with the solution of detection and estimation problems encountered in a variety of target tracking problems encountered in a Ballistic Missile Defense environment. We propose five broad classes of problems. The first problem deals with the guidance for interceptors tracking maneuverable targets. We need to forecast the time of intersection and the bearing angle of the target, and have to update them continuously. The second problem is the robust tracking of moving targets, especially with the tracks close to one another. Our approach avoids the data association lacunae of the existing methods. Next we deal with targets which can be handled via two-dimensional imagery. We analyze these aspects. First is the method of restoration of degraded images and videos. The second deals with the compression of images and videos by sub-band coding. The third deals with a new approach for handling wavelets and its use in image compression.
Book Synopsis High Performance Computing Contributions to DoD Mission Success by :
Download or read book High Performance Computing Contributions to DoD Mission Success written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) Optical Target Characterization and Innovative Science and Technology Experimentation Facility (ISTEF) Program by :
Download or read book Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) Optical Target Characterization and Innovative Science and Technology Experimentation Facility (ISTEF) Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Optical Target Characterization Program supports research and development in the area of electro-optical science and technology for missile defense. The objective is to develop and apply innovative state-of-the-art active and passive optical sensors and techniques to demonstrate concepts relating to BMDO requirements such as booster typing, tracking, target discrimination, aimpoint selection and kill assessment. To achieve this objective, the Program maintains the Innovative Science and Technology Experimentation Facility (ISTEF), located at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), FL, and conducts research and development into novel coherent laser radar and laser communications systems, and electro-optical materials technologies. The Optical Target Characterization Program is funded by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and managed by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego.
Book Synopsis A Comparison of Nonlinear Filters and Multi-sensor Fusion for Tracking Boost-phase Ballistic Missiles by : Kyungsu Kim
Download or read book A Comparison of Nonlinear Filters and Multi-sensor Fusion for Tracking Boost-phase Ballistic Missiles written by Kyungsu Kim and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report studies two aspects of tracking ballistic missiles during boost phase. The first part compares the performance of several nonlinear filtering algorithms in tracking a single target: the extended Kalman filter (EKF); the unscented Kalman filter (UKF); the particle filter (PF); and the particle filter with UFK update (UPF). Measurements are range, azimuth and elevation. In the absence of measurement error, all algorithms work well except for the PF, which does not converge. With measurement noise (standard deviations of 10 meters and 1 degree) the EFK also performs poorly, while the UPF is the top performer (although it is also the most computationally intensive). The second part compares the extended information filter (EIF) with earlier work on track scoring to perform sensor/data fusion in a multi-hypothesis framework. Here we find that the EIF handily outperformed other fusion algorithms based on track scoring that we tested.
Book Synopsis Signal Processing, Sensor Fusion, and Target Recognition by :
Download or read book Signal Processing, Sensor Fusion, and Target Recognition written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Optimization Problems in Multisensor and Multitarget Target Tracking by :
Download or read book Optimization Problems in Multisensor and Multitarget Target Tracking written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central problem in any surveillance system is the data association problem of partitioning observations into tracks and false alarms. Over the last fifteen years and with support from AFOSR, a new approach has been developed based on the use of multi-dimensional assignment problem formulation and Lagrangian relaxation algorithms. (This approach is often called multiple frame assignments or MFA for short.) Four U.S. patents have now been issued for this work. What is more, based on this new technology, Lockheed Martin of Oswego, NY won the best of Breed Tracking Contest for the next upgrade to AWACS held at Hanscom AFB in Boston in 1996, and it has been chosen as the tracking system for the Navy's new multipurpose helicopter under the LAMPS program. Currently, it is a contender for national and ballistic missile defense in the Hercules Program funded by MD Advanced Systems, for STSS Program as funded by the Department of the Air Force (in 2001 and 2002) and MDA in 2003.
Book Synopsis Kill Vehicle Effectiveness for Boost Phase Interception of Ballistic Missiles by : Florios Bardanis
Download or read book Kill Vehicle Effectiveness for Boost Phase Interception of Ballistic Missiles written by Florios Bardanis and published by . This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boost phase interception of ballistic missiles is envisioned as the primary response of the layered defense architecture implemented in the ballistic missile defense system. A limited time frame in which to take action and the necessity to implement hit-to-kill technology in the kill vehicle counterbalances the many advantages of boost phase interception. Direct hit missile technology is constrained by the requirement to minimize miss distance to a negligible amount between the kill vehicle and optimum aim point on the target. This thesis examines kill vehicle effectiveness, which is tantamount to miss distance, as a function of both the kill vehicle maximum acceleration capability and the guidance system time constant necessary to destroy a target. The kill vehicle guidance system is modeled in MATLAB as a fifth-order binomial series with proportional navigation. The simulation examines the effect of an accelerating target attributed to powered flight and aim point displacement caused by a shift in tracking point from the target plume to the payload when resolution occurs. The kill vehicle minimum requirements as indicated by the simulation include a lateral acceleration capability of four times the target acceleration and a guidance system time constant that is less than one-tenth the estimated flight time. (4 tables, 22 figures, 19 refs.)
Book Synopsis Multiservice Procedures for Joint Theater Missile Target Development by :
Download or read book Multiservice Procedures for Joint Theater Missile Target Development written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quote for Basil Collier reminds us that conducting offensive operations against theater missiles has never been an easy task. The Coalition's troubles in finding Saddam Hussein's Scuds during DESERT STORM are reminiscent of the difficulties faced by the Allies in locating Nazi V-1 cruise missiles and V-2 ballistic missiles during World War II. Today our National Military Strategy recognizes that 'the proliferation of theater missiles is one of the greatest dangers to U.S. national interest and global security and will remain so into the foreseeable future'. Joint Publication 3-01.5, Doctrine for Joint Theater Missile Defense, states 'the preferred method of countering enemy theater missile (TM) operations is to attack and destroy or disrupt TMs prior to their launch'. Recognition of the importance of this threat, the doctrinal preference for attack operations, and the historical difficulty in achieving successful attacks against TMs were the impetus for producing this publication. Many of the problems in locating mobile missiles in the past can be traced to difficulties in obtaining timely information and organizing and filtering intelligence operations. This publication establishes a common framework for those individuals responsible for intelligence preparation of the battlespace (IPB), sensor employment, collection management, current and future operations, target development, and force application. This common framework will enable them to establish a comprehensive and coordinated approach for countering TMs through prelaunch attack operations. The focus of this publication is Joint Theater Missile Target Development (JTMTD). JTMTD is the synergistic outcome of allocating, integrating and synchronizing resources in order to identify and nominate selected targets in the TM target system for timely attack. Achieving an effective JTMTD process is a challenge for operational forces.
