Survivability Enhancement in a Combat Environment

Abstract

The objective of this thesis is to provide an aircraft with an optimal route to its destination that avoids encroaching into surface-to-air weapons killing envelopes in real time. The optimal route computed will be updated dynamically, depending on the location of the vehicle and the location of the Surface to Air Missile (SAM) sites. The problem was solved using heuristic algorithms instead of the conventional Dijkstra's & Bellman Ford algorithms, which are computationally expensive. Data fusion techniques such as spatial correlation and triangulation algorithms are presented in detail. Such techniques are important for situational awareness in a real time combat environment. Important information provided by onboard sensors are merged with the preplanned data to provide the operator with a better integrated picture of the combat environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA429875

Entities

People

  • Yoke W. Seow

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Fusion
  • Defense Systems
  • Detectors
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Kalman Filters
  • Navigation
  • Situational Awareness
  • Triangulation
  • Two Dimensional
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warning Systems
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Operations Research