Discrimination Sensor Technology
Abstract
The Discrimination Sensor Technology program develops next-generation sensors and detectors and integrates them into unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to demonstrate improvements in discrimination and address warfighter requirements for missile defense. This program evaluates and researches emerging technology that enables game changing discrimination improvements for incorporation into next generation interceptors and space systems. MDA is pursuing a cost-effective incremental upgrade philosophy that demonstrates airborne precision tracking, improved track performance, simple scene discrimination and then complex scene discrimination. These advanced sensors improve the probability of engagement success for stressing threats, expand the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) battle space and increase the ability to negate larger raid sizes. A precise, timely track is required for an interceptor to engage a threat object. In addition, improved object sighting message data is required to discriminate threat objects. In FY 2015, Discrimination Sensor Technology demonstrates an airborne precision track capability equivalent to an Army/Navy Transportable radar (AN/TPY-2) with the potential to augment Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) radar. The test construct incrementally buys down risk by testing our evolving sensor technology from the ground and then from UAVs and uses repeatable Resident Space Objects (RSOs) before participating in BMDS tests. Discrimination Sensor Technology uses much of the existing BMDS architecture to develop 3-dimensional (3-D) tracks of the ballistic missile sent via Link-16 to Aegis ships. FY 2015 funds final integration and test of the launch of a SM-3 guided missile based on these remote IR tracking sensors. In parallel, MDA will develop advanced sensors that increase track precision by 150% relative to AN/TPY-2. Initially the MTS-B sensors will be replaced by MTS-Cs using an advanced sensor. Discrimination Sensor test data anchors discrimination models and simulations and informs future interceptor and space sensor decisions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- MD95_0603177C_3_0400_PB_2015
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