Advanced Technology Demonstrator for IR Imaging Missile Warning System
Abstract
Within the context of the German MOD's research & technology activities, Bodenseewerk Ger tetechnik GmbH (BGT) received an order for the development and manufacture of an advanced technology demonstrator (ATD) for a passive IR missile warner (PIMAWS). Basis for this contract were the long lasting activities of BGT in the field of ground based hemispherical sensor systems, mainly the so called ABF (Aufkl rung und Bek mpfung von nicht ballistischen Flugk rpern). See Figure 1. Within the ABF-study, BGT was able to develop a broad know-how in real-time image- and signal-processing of this kind of sensor systems. With the extensive know-how in IR-technology gained from the IR-seeker work the following two demanding objectives have to be fulfilled within the PIMAWS contract: On the one hand, with a new type of scanning concept a detection range sufficient for countermeasures and a sensitivity sufficient for post-burnout tracking has to be achieved. On the other hand, a low false-alarm rate of 1 per 2 hours is to be achieved through application of a small instantaneous field of view (IFoV) and subsequent image and signal-processing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA427399
Entities
People
- Ingo Schwaetzer