LINE OF SIGHT VERIFICATION

AT PRESENT, THERE IS NO METHOD FOR THE ACCURATE AND RELIABLE VERIFICATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF A CLEAR LINE-OF-SIGHT BETWEEN MULTIPLE WEAPON SYSTEM PLATFORMS AND MULTIPLE TARGETS. SCHWARTZ ELECTRO-OPTICS PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A LINE-OF-SIGHT VERIFICATION SYSTEM EMPLOYING QUASI-LAMBERTIAN OPTICAL SOURCES MOUNTED TO WEAPON SYSTEM PLATFORMS AND HEMISPHERICAL-FIELD-OF-VIEW DETECTOR ARRAYS MOUNTED TO TARGETS. OPTICAL SOURCE OUTPUTS WOULD BE CODED FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES. LINE-OF-SIGHT VERIFICATION DATA WOULD BE RADIOED FROM TARGETS TO AN OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER IN REAL TIME. A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF THE LINE-OF-SIGHT VERIFICATION SYSTEM WILL BE DEVELOPED DURING PHASE I, AND A FIELD-CAPABLE PROTOTYPE WILL BE DESIGNED, FABRICATED, AND TESTED DURING PHASE II.