Measuring laser reflection cross-sections of small unmanned aerial vehicles for laser detection, ranging and tracking

Martin Laurenzis; Emmanuel Bacher; Frank Christnacher

doi:10.1117/12.2261928

5 May 2017 Measuring laser reflection cross-sections of small unmanned aerial vehicles for laser detection, ranging and tracking

Martin Laurenzis, Emmanuel Bacher, Frank Christnacher

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Proceedings Volume 10191, Laser Radar Technology and Applications XXII; 101910D (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2261928
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2017, Anaheim, CA, United States

Abstract

An increasing number of incidents are reported where small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are involved flying at low altitude. Thus UAVs are becoming more and more a serious threat in civilian and military scenarios leading to serious danger to safety or privacy issues. In this context, the detection and tracking of small UAV flying at low altitude in urban environment or near background structures is a challenge for state of the art detection technologies. In this paper, we focus on detection, tracking and identification by laser sensing technologies that are Laser Gated Viewing and scanning LiDAR. The laser reflection cross-sections (LRCS) has direct impact on the probability to detection and capability for range measurement. Here, we present methods to determine the laser reflection cross-sections by experimental and computational approaches.

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Martin Laurenzis, Emmanuel Bacher, and Frank Christnacher "Measuring laser reflection cross-sections of small unmanned aerial vehicles for laser detection, ranging and tracking", Proc. SPIE 10191, Laser Radar Technology and Applications XXII, 101910D (5 May 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2261928

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