Performance Requirements for Long-Standoff-Range Infrared Imaging Sensor

Abstract

In the future, the contest for information will dominate maritime warfare, global surveillance will be routine, and battle spaces will expand. Accordingly, the U.S. Navy has a requirement for generating near-real-time, near-photographic-quality aerial imagery of a variety of targets from long standoff ranges both day and night. Missions include antisurface warfare, overland strike warfare, and intelligence. Targets range from large fixed installations such as power plants and bridges to relocatable anti-aircraft missile launchers and highly mobile vehicles. This report addresses the feasibility of developing a long-range infrared imaging sensor for satisfying such requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1992
Accession Number
AD1012949

Entities

People

  • Paul M. Moser

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Aircrafts
  • Anti-Aircraft Missiles
  • Central Europe
  • Cloud Cover
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Guided Missiles
  • High Altitude
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Low Altitude
  • Sea Water
  • Solar Radiation
  • Specific Heat
  • Two Dimensional
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects