TOWED DECOY COUNTER-COUNTERMEASURES

THE PROPOSED PHASE I RESEARCH PROGRAM WILL DEFINE AND EVALUATE TECHIQUES AND TACTICS INTENDED TO COUNTER THE TOWED DECOY ELECTRONIC COUNT-MEASURE (ECM) THREAT TO AIRBONRE RADARS, IN THE STUDY CANDIDATETECHNIQUES WILL BE EVALUATED AS TO THEIR PERFORMANCE CAPABILITIES AND THEIR FEASIBILITY. PERFORMACNE WILL BE MEASURED IN TERMS OF THE RADAR'S ABILITY TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN DECOYS AND TRUE TARGETS. THESE PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS, TOGETHER WITH QUALITIATIVE ASSESMENTS OF OPERATION COMPLEXITY, ROBUSTNESS AND ANY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON COST AND SYSTEM UTILITY, WILL PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR RECOMMENDING ONE OR MORE OF THE TECHNIQUES FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION IN PHASEII OF THE PROGRAM. THE PHASE I PROGRAM ALSO WILL SPECIFY THE TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS, DESIGN DATA REQUIREMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS, FOR THE SELECTED TECHNIQUES AND RECOMMEND A PHASE II PROGRAM PLAN DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS.