Preshot Sniper Detection

Responding to Marine Corps requirements, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) has developed a new Preshot Sniper Detection (PSD) system that identifies covert snipers autonomously, even in cluttered urban environments. The PSD system is based on a multimodal, high-resolution, imaging optics package with no moving parts, and processing hardware that accurately detects snipers, covering 360 deg × 30 deg, day and night, at standoff distances up to 600 m, in a form factor (3.5 in. dia. × 5.5 in. long, 24 hr with a military rechargeable battery. In Phase I, POC fabricated two types of PSD breadboards incorporating two functional modules — comprising a multiband, omniview, super-resolution module based on innovative and proprietary imaging technology. POC demonstrated the PSD high-resolution capability by testing the Phase I prototypes in outdoor, indoor, urban, and cluttered environments. In addition, the multiple-band capability was shown in Phase I testing. In Phase II, POC will further develop a PSD that provides panoramic (360 deg × 30 deg) detection of sniper riflescopes at a 1.3 cm resolution at remote distances in a single frame capture without a moving scanning mechanism, ensuring a high probability of detection (>93%) and low false alarm rate (