TARGET PREDICTION ALGORITHMS AND IMPLEMENTATION

THE INTENT OF THIS WORK IS TO DEVELOP AN ADVANCED ESTIMATED ALGORITHM FOR MANEUVERING TARGET STATE ESTIMATION AND PREDICTION FOR FIRE CONTROL AND TO DEVELOP A DESIGN OF A VHSIC SYSTOLIC ARRAY FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ALGORITHM. THE DESIGN OF THE ALGORITHM WILL CONSIDER MANEUVERING TARGETS INCLUDING AIRCRAFT AND HELICOPTERS. IT WILL INCLUDE THE USE OF ADVANCED SENSOR INFORMATION SUCH AS AN IMAGERY SENSOR WITH PATTERN RECOGNITION TO DETERMINE ORIENTATION AND FRAME TO FRAME DIFFERENCING TO OBTAIN MANEUVER INFORMATION. THE VHSIC SYSTOLIC ARRAY WILL BE DESIGNED TO THE VARIABLE LEVEL. THIS WILL INCLUDE PROGRAM TRANSFORMATIONS TO MINIMIZE DATA DEPENDENCIES. COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: FAA TRACKING OF AIRCRAFT IS A COMMERCIAL APPLICATION OF THIS WORK.