Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) Precision Targeting (PT) (Navy)
Abstract
Provide the Distributed Common Ground System – Navy (DCGS-N) and Distributed Common Ground System-Marine Corps (DCGS-MC) with a capability to receive near real-time Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) data, via Common Data Link (CDL) antenna systems, from Royal Air Force (RAF) Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) platforms. The primary outputs of the ASTOR System aboard the Sentinel Aircraft are Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images and Moving Target Indicator (MTI) contacts. Software modifications to the ISR processing, exploitation, and dissemination (PED) components currently used by DCGS-N will be implemented and tested to verify that ISR data from ASTOR Systems can be rapidly received, processed, screened for potential mission application, and exploited to produce targeting data that can be used by US weapon systems. This capability will allow United States (US) forces to leverage coalition ISR assets and reduce mission requirements for US ISR platforms.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- bdd66f2d0a76d4fddd1f2f3622a8b836