Software-Defined ISR

Abstract

Currently, radars, electronic warfare (EW) systems, and Electronic Support Measures (ESM) systems consist of custom software and hardware. Developing new modes for these systems is costly and time consuming, and porting modes among intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms is nearly impossible. The Software-Defined ISR program seeks to improve the utility of existing and emerging sensor and EW systems by enabling rapid development and porting of modes among open-architecture systems and permitting users to efficiently deploy new capabilities to current radar, EW, and ESM systems via software upgrades. This will allow the Services to leverage investments in mode development by re-using software across different platforms and when platforms are upgraded, while enhancing operational capability by allowing a system to be optimized to the mission. This program will develop and demonstrate software tools to enable rapid development and porting of ISR modes on open-architecture hardware systems. Radar, EW, and ESM modes will be developed and demonstrated to pave the way for future development of cognitive radar capabilities, and ported among Open Architecture (OA) compliant ISR systems to build and demonstrate a mode development environment (ModeLab). The key elements of the Software-Defined ISR program are as follows: to develop Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) tools to support rapid porting of modes onto open-architecture systems, including the Flexible Open-Architecture Middleware (FOAM) and the ModeLab for rapid mode development; to demonstrate the ability to rapidly develop and port new radar, EW, and ESM modes to open-architecture RF systems; to develop and demonstrate implementation of multiple modes spanning a range of performance and capabilities; and to perform data collections to support mode development. This program will transition to the Services.

Document Details

Document Type
Accomplishment
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2015
Source ID
4c1b6161d0712997bf1d7e4d9f4219cd

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics

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