Air Combat Targeting/Electro-Optical Simulation (ACT/EOS).

Abstract

ACT/EOS focused on improving support to users of FLIR weapon systems by developing improved performance prediction capabilities. TASC's role in the ACT/EOS program focused on three activity areas: scene visualization, model evaluation, and atmospheric transmission modeling. TASC developed an interactive scene builder and visualization capability using 3-D terrain and target models. The system relies on output from ACT/EOS physical models including thermal contrast, atmospheric effects, and sensor effects models. TASC developed an assessment plan for evaluating the ACT/EOS physical models through comparison with field data. The plan was used to set up a very successful field experiment. Finally, TASC developed an efficient atmospheric transmission and path radiance interpolation algorithm using MODTRAN to incorporate atmospheric effects into infrared scene visualizations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA319208

Entities

People

  • G. J. Higgins

Organizations

  • TASC, Inc

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Contrast
  • Interpolation
  • Mathematics
  • Radiance
  • Simulations
  • Targeting
  • Targets
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Visualizations
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

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