New Algorithms for Fast RF Synthesis of Ground Targets in Arbitrary Clutter for Combat ID and ATR

JRM Technologies, and it's team member SAIC DEMACO propose to develop an innovative new approach for fast, high-fidelity RF signature prediction of ground targets in arbitrarily-complex background-clutter. The Phase I effort will design an algorithmic approach for synthesizing more comprehensive XPatch scatter centers -- called universal scatter center sets (USCSs) -- that define the RF response of an object from any arbitrary transmitter or receiver (bi-static) direction. In addition, the effort will design an algorithm approach for combining these individual object USCSs into a single composite USCS that represents the coupled scene geometry, and for synthesizing the output RF signature that properly accounts for the coupling from individual objects. In this manner, USCSs for individual objects like ground vehicles, various tree types and sizes, bushes, buildings, bridges, may pre-computed and composited on the fly to produce the RF signature of real-world scenarios like a T72 tank within a deciduous forest canopy.