ADAPTIVE RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR ADVACED ELINT\ESM SYSTEMS

THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES ELINT\ESM SIGINAL PROCESSING RESEARCH FOR REAL-TIME DETECTION IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION OF THREAT RADAR EMITTERS ON THE BATTLEFIELD. GIVEN THE PREDICTED FUTURE GROWTH OF PULSE DENSITIES IN THE ELECTRONIC ENVIORNMENT, AND THE PROLIFERATION OF AGILE RADARS, IT IS NECESSARY TO DEVELOP MORE SOPHISTICATED ELINT\ESM SYSTEMS. AN ARCHITECTURE IS PRESENTED FOR A COMPUTER-BASED, ADAPTIVE ESM SYSTEM THAT CONTINUALLY ALLOCATES ITS DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS RESOURCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRESENT QUALITY OF THE INFORMATION IT IS GENERATING ABOUT THE RADAR ENVIRONMENT. A CRITICAL FUNCTION IN THE PROPOSED SYSTEM IS THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION FUNCTION ITSELF. IT IS PROSPOSED THAT SOFWARE BE DEVELOPED IN PHASE I TO DEMONSTRATE THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION FUNCTION AND THAT, GIVEN SUCCESS IN PHASE I, A COMPLETE ADAPTIVE ELINT\ESM SIGNAL PROCESSING PACKAGE BE DEVELOPED IN PHASE IT. A PROTOTYPE SYSTEM WOULD BE ASSEMBLED AND TESTED IN PHASE III.