Advanced Aerospace Sensors

Abstract

Divided into two broad project areas, Advanced Aerospace Sensors develops technologies to enable the continued superiority of sensors from aerospace platforms. The first project area develops and demonstrates advanced technologies for electro-optical sensors, radar sensors and electronic counter-countermeasures, and components and algorithms. The second project area develops and demonstrates radio frequency (RF) and electro-optical (EO) sensors for detecting, locating, and targeting airborne, fixed, and time-critical mobile ground targets obscured by natural or man-made means. Together, the projects in this program develop the means to find, fix, target, track, and engage air and ground targets anytime, anywhere, and in any weather. This program has been coordinated through the Department of Defense (DoD) Science and Technology (S&T) Executive Committee process to harmonize efforts and eliminate duplication. This program is in Budget Activity 3, Advanced Technology Development because this budget activity includes development of subsystems and components and efforts to integrate subsystems and components into system prototypes for field experiments and/or tests in a simulated environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Source ID
0603203F_3_3600_PB_2016
Change Summary Explanation
Increase in FY14 to support Live Virtual Constructive technology effort. Increase in FY16 due to higher DoD priorities.
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Global Navigation Satellite Systems
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Ground Moving Target Indicators
  • Image Processing
  • Moving Target Indicator Radar
  • Multiple Input Multiple Output
  • Navigation
  • Optical Detectors
  • Passive Radar
  • Radar
  • Radio Frequency
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Target Recognition
  • Target Signatures

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects

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