Real Time, Low Bandwidth, Detachable Damage Assessment Eye

Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a Smart Munition Smart Sensor (SMSS) system bringing together video processing, compression, and transmission technology, with the capability to communicate at beyond-line-of-sight ranges out to a fewhundred kilometers. SMSS will send sensor data to a ground or air station, fully compressed at ratios of 1000:1 and more while preserving high signal quality and integrity. The data stream will include full motion, high-resolution video/IR data and stillimagery, GPS positioning, and sensor fusion control. SMSS will send messages and video at extended ranges for real-time target identification/location and battle damage indication. Phase II will concentrate on refining video compression hardware andsoftware, emphasizing object oriented compression and low overhead encryption. Wireless, real-time transmission of video from the munition at the base station, and of control signals from the base station to the munition will be sufficiently fast tosupport semi-autonomous, and in the near future fully-autonomous, on-the-fly target reassignment based on real-time BDI. Phase I results demonstrated high quality video at high compression ratios, using object oriented compression, in real time, with lowlatency (>15ms). The Phase II effort will produce a fully deployable SMSS prototype.