Technical Evaluation Report
Abstract
Opening remarks were provided by Professor Braga Costa Campos, CDR Leite, and Dr. King. Session 1 was classified, and began with a presentation by Weatherington on various platforms in use by the US DoD, their signal collection types (described as EO & IR, although IR in general is considered an EO technology, so EO may refer to visible in this case), and growth plans for future capabilities. Session 2 began with an overview by Fiamingo of the SET (sensors & electronics technology), of the NATO RTO (research and technology organization) which now involves approximately 22 nations, 6 or 7 panels, and approximately 46 panel members. The SET is further divided into RFT (radio frequency technology), OT (optics technology), and MSE (multi sensors and electronics). The PfP (partners for peace) now includes about 20 countries, and has existed since 1992. Session 3 began with a presentation (by Lavigne) on emulating the favourable properties of human sight in the context of a wide field of view, IR sensor. Initial tests aboard a helicopter made use of an 8 to 9.2 micron camera (quantum well infrared photodetector and Indigo Phoenix camera), and was impressive in combining high resolution with large field of view imaging through a fast and high fidelity mosaic process. Session 4 began with a paper (Morrison) describing an interesting concept for the thinning (or reduction) of discrete frequencies transmitted by a frequency agile SAR. A summary was provided by Dr Buser at the end of the formal presentations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA471969
Entities
People
- Paul Levan
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory