Ground-target detection in a virtual battlefield

Patrick Gozard; Thierry Cathala

doi:10.1117/12.718919

7 May 2007 Ground-target detection in a virtual battlefield

Patrick Gozard, Thierry Cathala

Proceedings Volume 6566, Automatic Target Recognition XVII; 656605 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.718919
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2007, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

To perform multi-sensors simulations, the French DGA/DET (Directorate for Technical Evaluation of the French Ministry of Defense) uses CHORALE (simulated Optronic Acoustic Radar battlefield). CHORALE enables the user to create virtual and realistic multi spectral 3D scenes, and generates the physical signal received by one or several sensors, typically an IR sensor or an acoustic sensor. This article presents how the expertise is made to evaluate smart ammunition to detect ground target with infrared sensor and shape detector in a virtual battlefield with the environment CHORALE and the workshop AMOCO. The scene includes background with trees, houses, roads, fields, targets, and the ammunition. Each tool is explained to understand the physics phenomena in the scene to take into account atmospheric transmission, radiative parameters of objects and counter-measure devices. Then numeric models are described as the 6 DOF ballistics models, sensor model according precise positions inside the ammunition as well as the different steps of calculation between industrial model and technical model to obtain the global simulation. Finally, this paper explains some results of the evaluation compared with the true behavior after tests on proving ground. Then future evolutions are presented to perform similar evaluation with other kind of intelligent ammunition in a real-time model.

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Patrick Gozard and Thierry Cathala "Ground-target detection in a virtual battlefield", Proc. SPIE 6566, Automatic Target Recognition XVII, 656605 (7 May 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.718919

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