SBIR/STTR Research Award
UAV COMPATIBLE SENSOR PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Xedar Corp
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE CAPABILITY OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE MOUNTED PYROELECTRIC THERMAL IMAGING SYSTEM TO DETECT SHIPS FROM ALTITUDES OF 25,000 FEET AT SPEEDS OF 120 KNOTS IS ANALYZED. THE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE INFORMATION IS PRESENTED IN NOMOGRAM FORM TOGETHER WITH INFORMATION ON THE PROBABILITY DETECTION, THE FALSE ALARM RATE, FOR VARIOUS RANGES, ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS AND TARGET TO BACKGROUND CONDITIONS. BACKGROUND CLUTTER SUPPRESSION TECHNIQUES AND DATA COMPRESSION METHODS WITH INFORMATION STORAGE AND ON DEMAND TRANSMISSION ARE PRESENTED. A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM SPECIFICATION WITH COST INFORMATION IS PRESENTED. AREAS OF CONCERN IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE ARE IDENTIFIED, AND A SYSTEM MTBF IS CALCULATED.
Technology keywords
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