MOVING-TARGET DETECTION AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGY

FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, MARK RESOURCES HAS BEEN DEVELOPING AN EXTENSION OF RADAR RESOLUTION THEORY TO THE PROBLEM OF RESOLVING INDIVIDUAL FEATURES ON MAN-MADE TARGETS, AND WE HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED NEW SIGNAL PROCESSING METHODS TO IMPLEMENT THIS EXTENDED THEORY. THIS WORK, WHICH HAS BEEN SUPPORTED UNDER SEVERAL CONTRACTS FROM AIR FORCE WRIGHT AERONAUTICAL LABORATORY AND DARPA, HAS BEEN DIRECTED AT THE IDENTIFICATION OF GROUND VEHICLES. ONE OF THE RESULTS OF THIS EFFORT HAS BEEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DETECTION ALGORITHM FOR THE WEAK SCATTERS WHICH DEFINE THE OUTLINE OF A VEHICLE. THE SAME ALGORITHM IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE MORE GENERAL PROBLEM OF DETECTION STEALTH AIRCRAFT. IN THE PROPOSED PROGRAM WE PLAN TO FURTHER DEVELOP AND TEST THE NEW ALGORITHM ON RADAR DATA FROM TARGETS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STEALTH TECHNOLOGY. THE OBJECTIVE WILL BE TO DETERMINE THE IMPROVEMENT IN DETECTION PERFORMANCE COMPARED WITH CONVENTIONAL STATISTICAL DETECTION METHODS.