NCTI Software Prototype and Technology Demonstration
Abstract
The final report for Noncooperative Target Identification (NCTI) Software Prototype and Technology Demonstration discusses the efforts to improve on previously developed NCTI algorithms to allow them to be demonstrated using real data. This included modifying the code to accept real data provided by Rome Laboratory (RL), comparing the output of Xpatch to real data provided for a DC-10, modifying the code to run on many types of output data from Xpatch, extending the code to perform recognition based on sequences of High Resolution Radar (HRR) data, incorporating many more data types, and demonstrating through extensive simulations the ability to distinguish between targets using Xpatch generated data sets. These algorithms are not ready to exploit in a real world system but show much promise. Some additional work has also been done to gain on this goal. Among these are an improved model for the sensor to decrease sensitivity to orientation errors, comparing different models for the radar data, using simulated data at a variety of bands, and starting to model polarized data.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA365959
Entities
People
- Joseph A. O'sullivan
Organizations
- Calspan