Design of a Foliage Penetrating LADAR Simulation Tool

Abstract

A simulation tool was developed using MATLAB and its Graphical User Interface Development Environment (GUIDE) to simulate aspects of an airborne foliage-penetrating Laser Detection and Ranging (LADAR) system in scenarios designed to contribute towards the military operational use of such a system. In particular, the simulation tool is intended for conducting analysis on how best to task the aircraft and position the sensor. This document provides an overview of the graphical user interface and software including: the design challenges; dealing with the input scenery data; modelling the sensor and platform flight path; and planned analysis of the simulation results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA504660

Entities

People

  • Mark Graham

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Environment
  • Flight Paths
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Laser Detection
  • Laser Radar
  • Laser-Based Detection
  • Lasers
  • Operating Systems
  • Ray Tracing
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional
  • User Interface

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects