INNOVATIVE DETECTION AND TARGETING SENSORS FOR CAMOUFLAGED, LOW RADAR CROSS SECTION ...(CLASSIFIED)

MARK RESOURCES HAS DEVELOPED A NEW SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY FOR EXTRACTING INFORMATION ABOUT A TARGET FROM THE RETURN SIGNAL. IT HAS BEEN APPLIED WITH CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS IN THE DISCRIMINATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF TARGETS, AND HAS RECENTLY BEEN USED TO DETECT CONCEALED TARGETS. WE PROPOSE TO INVESTIGATE THE UTILITY OF COMBINING THIS TECHNOLOGY WITH POLARIZATION DIVERSITY TO IMPROVE THE DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF LOW-CROSS SECTION AND CONCEALED GROUND TARGETS. ANTICIPATED BENEFITS/POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS - A SAR SYSTEM WITH THE CAPABILITY OF DETECTING WELL CONCEALED TARGETS COULD ALSO BE USED TO DETECT ILLICIT ACTIVITY CONCEALED IN TREES, SUCH ASDRUG LABORATORIES AND STILLS.