Automatic Target Recognition, Executive Summary and Annotated Brief (PR)
Abstract
The complexity of warfare and the requirement to shorten the kill chain against difficult targets has increased the need for Automatic Target Recognition (ATR). No single sensor currently provides a robust enough capability of detecting all classes of targets through the camouflage and deceptive elements of natural and/or man-made clutter. ATR is a sub-element of a larger class of problems known collectively as Target Identification. This study concentrated on image-based techniques as an ATR subdiscipline of target ID. The study panel concluded that no silver bullet exists that will dramatically improve ATR performance in the near term. However, more work and understanding in very specific areas could improve the way the Air Force uses ATR today. For example, CONOPS and technology can work synergistically (e.g. change detection) to improve mission capabilities; ATR can be an aid to, but not a substitute for, human judgment by both pilots and image analysts; and ATR is essential to better match image exploitation capabilities with collection capacity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA633787
Entities
People
- Llewellyn Dougherty