COUNTERMEASURES DESIGNED AGAINST SATELLITES MUST KEEP PACE WITH RAPID STRIDES PRESENTLY BEING MADE IN SOPHISTICATED USE OF OCEAN SURVEILLANCE-TYPE SATELLITES.

COUNTERMEASURES DESIGNED AGAINST SATELLITES MUST KEEP PACE WITH RAPID STRIDES PRESENTLY BEING MADE IN SOPHISTICATED USE OF OCEAN SURVEILLANCE-TYPE SATELLITES. THESE ADVANCES IN SURVEILLANCE INCLUDE HIGH TECHNOLOGY ELECTRONIC HARDWARE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING. THE PROPOSED EFFORT WILL FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATIVE SYSTEM CONCEPT FOR COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST PRESENT AND FUTURE SATELLITE SURVEILLANCE AND TARGETING CAPABILITIES. THIS SBIR PROJECT'S TECHNICAL APPROACH INCLUDES THE ASSESSMENT OF FEASIBILITY OF A SYSTEMS CONCEPT UTILIZING DISPERSED, SMALL, REMOTE COUNTERMEASURE VEHICLES CAPABLE OF COUNTERING RADIO FREQUENCY SURVEILLANCE AND TARGETING SYSTEMS. PHASE I EFFORT WILL DEFINE A BASELINE SYSTEM CONCEPT INCLUDING VEHICLES, ELECTRONIC PAYLOADS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING. ADDITIONALLY, INVESTIGATION WILL BE MADE FOR INTEGRATION OF INTRA-VEHICLE SYSTEM AND EXTRA-VEHICLE SYSTEM INTER-CONNECTING MULTIPLE VEHICLES.