Integrated Missile Seeker Signal Processor Development

Computational Sensors Corporation (CSC) proposes to apply its previously developed Spatio-temporal filtering technology for dim target detection of cruise missiles at maximum interceptor range to the problem of aiding offensive cruise missile aim pointselection and guidance. This extends our point source detection technology in a cluttered environment to an extended source real-time aim point error correction application. Continuous wavelet transforms (CWT) have always been useful for noise suppression,edge detection and condition based maintenance. However these transforms are generally shied away from since computational complexity prevents their widespread use. However, our recently developed processor technology, that uses analog rather thandigital signal processing hardware, may be the ideal means to implement and apply these algorithms. It is then appropriate to consider new types of continuous wavelet systems. If the situation requires feature extraction of data over very small, arbitraryregions in the time-frequency plane then this implies that arbitrarily fine information resolution in time (or space) and frequency is needed. This requirement is ideally suited to the use of continuous wavelet transforms (CWT).The implication from thisscenario is a need to manage resources (missiles) as engagements evolve. Without management, high priority targets may be missed, and missiles may be wasted through multiple hits on initially destroyed targets. What is needed are sensors with agility,that are capable of quick mission updates and re-targeting as well as the capability to track and kill moving targets. TAIP based technology used for this application possesses these key attributes.