RADAR Moving Target Indication Interpretability Rating Scale (MTIIRS)

Because emerging Moving Target Indication recognition technologies will likely be soon be incorporated into developing systems such as Space-Based Radar (SBR) and retrofitted into new system blocks, (e.g. JSTARS, ASARS), there is an acute need to develop a rigorous theoretical framework for assessing MTI radar sensors. As these emerging technologies are introduced, additional emphasis will likely be placed on MTI tracking and performance. The need exists for instruments to express operational MTI requirements, analogous to the current National Imagery Interpretability Scales; contractors need to have the engineering tools to translate these operational requirements into specifications and conduct trade-off analysis. The needed tools include an MTI image/sensor interpretability radar scale (MTIIRS), an MTI image quality equation (IQE) and MTI engineering models/simulations/algorithms. dNovus has selected, as its academic partner, the Georgia Tech Research Institute Sensors and Electromagnetics Laboratory (GTRI-SEAL) to address the urgent need for MTI engineering models/simulations/algorithms tools and to assist dNovus in developing MTIIRS and the MTI IQE. GTRI-SEAL already has a comprehensive set of MTI engineering models/simulations/algorithms and extensive expertise to provide this support and develop additional needed tools. The developed package of tools will be called the "MTI Toolset".