Integration of an electronic support measures (ESM) and an α-β radar tracker

K. Kim

doi:10.1117/12.2321774

1 October 1990 Integration of an electronic support measures (ESM) and an α-β radar tracker

K. Kim

Proceedings Volume 1305, Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets 1990; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2321774
Event: 1990 Technical Symposium on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1990, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

In target environments that include Electronic Countermeasures (ECM), vhere the availability of radar range measurements is severely reduced, an integration of ESM into a multi-sensor tracker provides an inexpensive but effective approach to augmenting radar tracking systems. Tracking filter equations are presented for a multi heterogeneous-sensor tracking system consisting of radars and ESM sensors. Measurement time-based track updating is performed, due to non—periodicity of ESM measurement acquisition times, instead of usual track—based updates. Track updating using ESM measurements is accomplished via an EKF-based algorithm and radar measurements via an tracking algorithm. The integration of data from different sensor types is a logical response to increasingly hostile airborne threats. The technique described in this paper is a straight forward and costeffective approach for accomplishing that integration.

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K. Kim "Integration of an electronic support measures (ESM) and an α-β radar tracker", Proc. SPIE 1305, Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets 1990, (1 October 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2321774

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