Real-Time Reconnaissance-A Systems Look At Advanced Technology

Henry Lapp

doi:10.1117/12.932752

12 December 1981 Real-Time Reconnaissance-A Systems Look At Advanced Technology

Henry Lapp

Proceedings Volume 0309, Airborne Reconnaissance V; (1981) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.932752
Event: 25th Annual Technical Symposium, 1981, San Diego, United States

Abstract

An important role for reconnaissance is the location and identification of targets in real time. Current technology has been compartmented into sensors, automatic target recognizers, data links, ground exploitation and finally dissemination. In the days of bring home film recce, this segmentation of functions was appropriate. With the current emphasis on real time decision making from outputs of high resolution sensors this thinking has to be re-analyzed. A total systems approach to data management must be employed using the constraints imposed by technology as well as the atmosphere, survivable flight profiles, and the human workload. This paper will analyze the target acquisition through exploitation tasks and discuss the current advanced development technology that are applicable. A philosophy of processing data to get information as early as possible in the data handling chain is examined in the context of ground exploitation and dissemination needs. Examples of how the various real time sensors (screeners and processors), jam resistant data links and near real time ground data handling systems fit into this scenario are discussed. Specific DoD programs will be used to illustrate the credibility of this integrated approach.

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Henry Lapp "Real-Time Reconnaissance-A Systems Look At Advanced Technology", Proc. SPIE 0309, Airborne Reconnaissance V, (12 December 1981); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.932752

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