IMPROVED ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) RESPONSE TIMES

THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF CURRENT COMPUTERAIDED SIGNAL PATTERN RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES AND THE APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS (NEURONETS) TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNAL PATTERN RECOGNITION ALGORITHMS FOR TACTICAL NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS COUNTERMEASURES. RF COMMUNICATIONS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED AND TECHNIQUES USED TO INCREASE THEIR IMMUNITY TO CONVENTIONAL SEARCH AND IDENTIFICATION ADVERSELY IMPACT CURRENT JAMMING TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY. THIS ANALYSIS EXAMINES TECHNIQUES AND METHODOLOGIES WHICH MAY BE APPLIED TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN SIGNALS OF INTEREST (SOIS) AND SIGNALS NOT OF INTEREST (SNOIS) AND IMPROVE THE TIMELINESS AND ACCURACY OF COMMUNICATIONS COUNTERMEASURES IN A TACTICAL NAVAL ENVIRONMENT.