Spectral Cueing/Spatial Confirmation Targeting

The objective of the Phase I Fast Track SBIR is to develop a common optic system that will allow the capability to perform wide FOV spectral cueing and narrow FOV, spectrally enhanced, spatial confirmation on military targets of interest. Spectralresolution should be on the order of 1nm in the visible. Due to the importance of the effort, SOC has already identified a qualified Phase II partner to support our effort.The SOC team including RAI, TRA and CEB Metasystems has designed and built several common fore-optic systems under other activities (i.e., LASH and Low Cost Missile projects) which have been designed to peform wide FOV spectral cueing and narrow FOVspatial confirmation on military targets of interest, and will utilize a unique PGP spectrometer and MIDIS real-time HSI processor technology to successfully field a tower based HSI/MSI/HRI, CC&D target detection ATR experimental sensor system.To satisfy the objective of the Phase I program, the SOC team will conduct the following tasks: (1) Develop common optic system requirements; (2) Conduct a tower field sensor system tradeoff study; (3) Define the tower sensor test objectives; (4) Deliver atower and operational sensor software testbed; (5) Conduct a tower sensor design; (6) Identify potential sources of capital for commericalization; and (7) Provide reporting. Completion of these tasks will satisfy the objective of our program,