NEW AND INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS FOR AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS (MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS FOR AIRBORNE STRATEGIC RELOCATABLE TARGETS)

THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY "INNOVATIVE SENSORS" FOR SRT APPLICATIONS MUST BE QUANTIFIED AND COMPARED WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART SENSORS. THEY MUST ALSO BE PLACED IN CONTEXT WITH THE BENEFITS/COSTS OF IMPROVED SRT PERFORMANCE DUE TO AREA LIMITATION TECHNIQUES, OPTIMIZED SEARCH/ROUTE PLANNING, ALTITUDE/VISIBILITY/SURVIVABILITY CONSTRAINTS, ETC. THIS PROPOSED PHASE I SBIR WOULD DEVELOP A SET OF STRAIGHT-FORWARD MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS FOR VARIOUS SENSORS, FOCUSING ON PROBABILITY OF DETECTION AS FUNCTION OF SLANT RANGE, UNDER A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS. THESE MOES WOULD THEN BE INTEGRATED INTO A BROADER MACROSCOPIC VIEW OF PROBABILITY OF ENGAGEMENT (PE), CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT FOR DNA AND STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND.