ANTI-SIMULATION DEVICES

THE PHASE I EFFORT WILL ADDRESS THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANTISIMULATION DEVICES FOR DENYING RV-DECOY DISCRIMINATION BASED ON PRECISION MOTION MEASUREMENTS AND CERTAIN RCS DISCRIMINANTS. THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING SMALL ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED SCATTERING DEVICES WILL BE ESTABLISHED, INCLUDING THE IDENTIFICATION OF CANDIDATE DESIGNS. VEHICLE EXTERIOR SHAPES WHICH ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ANTISIMULATION DEVICES WILL BE IDENTIFIED. A DETAILED PROCEDURE FOR EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DEVICES IN TERMS OF THEIR ABILITY TO DENY DISCRIMINATION WILL BE GENERATED. THESE PROCEDURES WILL INVOLVE REALISTIC SIGNATURE AND MEASURMENT SIMULATIONS. FINALLY, A DETAILED MEASUREMENT PLAN WILL BE GENERATED TO VERIFY THE OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DEVICES AND TO RESOLVE UNCERTAINTIES IN THE THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS.