Synthetic Aperture Ladar for Tactical Imaging (SALTI) (Briefing Charts)

Abstract

Flight demonstrations have proven the feasibility of synthetic aperture LADAR (SAL) imaging and have produced outstanding imagery of vehicles and engineering test targets. These tests were conducted under the Synthetic Aperture LADAR for Tactical Imaging (SALTI) program. SALTI is a Defense Advanced Research Project Agency program executed with the Air Force Research Laboratory, Sensors Directorate which has demonstrated practical SAL architectures. The atmospheric and target phenomenologies were investigated for both short wave infrared (SWIR) and long wave infrared (LWIR) systems and the relevant are compared with some basic SAR parameters. An introduction to the SAL systems is presented, representative simulated images are shown and turbulence driven performance regimes are discussed. Finally, test objectives of a third series of tests and future plans are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA519847

Entities

People

  • Bryce Schumm
  • Jennifer Ricklin
  • Matt Dierking
  • Phil Tomlinson
  • Scott Fuhrer

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Detectors
  • Electro-Optical Sensors
  • Engineering
  • High Resolution
  • Laser Radar
  • Lasers
  • Long-Wavelength Infrared Radiation
  • Military Research
  • Scattering
  • Short-Wavelength Infrared Radiation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulence

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Spectroscopy.
  • Systems Analysis and Design