Search and Target Acquisition in Clear Air (Smoke 5-B Field Test)

Abstract

This report describes the results of a field test designed to investigate trained observer personnel target acquisition performance of sensor technologies and search procedures. The report includes the meteorological summaries and the detailed test methodology. The Probability of Finding (Pf), Classification (Pc), Recognition (Pr), and Identification (Pi) of military vehicle targets situated at ranges between 1,100 and 5,500 meters were determined for each of the sensor available for this test. The results indicate that there are no statistically significant differences in the performance of the thermal sensors with two exceptions: (1) The AN/VSG-2 Tank Thermal Sight had significantly better performance when operated in the white hot mode and compared to a similar system operated in the 'black hot' mode; and (2) The performance of an AN/TAS-4 with several disabled horizontal scan lines was significantly degraded in comparison to the performance of normally operated AN/ TAS-4 sensors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA205591

Entities

People

  • Clarence P. Walters
  • Donald B. Newman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Data Analysis
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electro-Optics
  • Field Tests
  • High Temperature
  • Measurement
  • Military Vehicles
  • Night Vision
  • Optical Detectors
  • Target Acquisition
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warning Systems

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