Perfect Timing Imaging Seeker

Imaging seekers have some remarkable advantages over traditional quad cell based laser seekers. The vast increase in information allows for many new capabilities, but current imagers lack the incredibly high bandwidth of quad cell detectors, which has been relied on for target discrimination. In seeking to replace quad cell SAL seekers with imaging SAL seekers, a priority is to first replicate everything a quad cell can do, before exploring the additional flexibility and freedom that comes with full image information. In order to actually get the seeker fielded in a reasonable amount of time, it is preferable to recreate existing methods as closely as possible in order to minimize the required testing. We propose a novel way of integrating the timing and spatial information available with COTS SWIR imagers to closely approximate preexisting LSPL algorithms despite the bandwidth limitation.