Congressional Adds
Abstract
The Congressional Add for Spectral and Reconnaissance Imagery for Tactical Exploitation (SPRITE) continues the maturation, integration, and testing of a Group III UAS Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) infra-red (IR) wide area surveillance (WAS) capability. This effort transitions the advanced imaging and data collection and processing technologies developed by the Office of Naval Research SPRITE program into an operational ISR system. Combined, the USMC and CA funds are providing prototype payloads to meet field user evaluations and operational testing requirements. Group III Wide Area Surveillance (WAS) provides the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) with an organic airborne enhanced day/night electro-optic capability. The WAS payload collects and records high resolution Electro Optical / Infrared (EO/IR) images over an instantaneous several kilometer field of regard in order to conduct persistent surveillance of large areas of interest, in near real time, while recording data to enable forensics. Mission applications include situational awareness and site monitoring at significant standoff ranges and altitudes, providing the capability to assure access and hold at risk, as well as enabling power projection in inaccessible environments. It will provide the Marine Corps disadvantaged users spectral and reconnaissance imagery for tactical exploitation and the ability to disseminate multiple high resolution sub-sampled imagery windows to multiple users from a small tactical UAS.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 9999_0305242M_7_1319_PB_2022
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