REMOTE SENSOR FOR SURVEILLANCE AND DATA COLLECTION

THE OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP A REMOTE VIDEO SENSOR UNIT WHICH WILL BE USED WITH A TRACKING SYSTEM. MTI HAS ALREADY DESIGNED AND HAS CONSTRUCTED A VIDEO SURVEILLANCE UNIT PROTOTYPE FOR A COMPETELY AUTOMATED MULTIPLE TARGET/MULTIPLE SENSOR TRACKING SYSTEM, UNDER CONTRACT TO THE U.S. ARMY, WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE (WSMR). OUR GOAL FOR PHASE I OF THIS PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO MODIFY AND FURTHER DEVELOP THE PRESENT DESIGN OF THE TRACKING UNIT TO MEET NEW SPECIFICATIONS FOR MICOM. IF MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXISTING PROTOTYPE ARE MINOR, AND COST IS WITHIN BUDGET, IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO EVALUATE PERFORMANCE OF A MODIFIED PROTOTYPE PHASE I. THIS WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO ADVANCING THE SCHEDULE OF THIS PROJECT TO COVER SOME OF THE PHASE II OBJECTIVES WHILE STILL IN PHASE I. A WELL DESIGNED AND FULLY EVALUATED VIDEO TRACKING UNIT COULD BE CONSTRUCTED QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY IN PHASE II.