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There is a variety of national and international standards for laser safety analysis requesting for risk reduction of hazards due to laser radiation. A lot of risks are already addressed by the standards. Thus appropriate evaluation methods for calculating dangerous radiation levels and measures for risk reduction are available for certain types of risks. However, when high energy lasers are applied in outdoor environments a variety of additional risks may arise. Due to high laser energy and varying outdoor environmental conditions, appearance and options of risks increase. Assuming that radiation can be held below certain Maximum Permissible Exposure (MPE) levels anywhere in the unmonitored surrounding is impracticable when high energy lasers (HEL) are applied in outdoor environments. Therefore, an adjusted approach of methodology and appropriate materials, i.e. data and algorithms for risk assessment, is necessary. In the study reported here, we conduct a probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) focused on an application of HEL radiation in outdoor field tests. Thus we identify hazards within a particular field test environment and estimate the risks associated to these hazards using a probabilistic approach. The risks are assessed for being acceptable by probability of occurrence and severity. General risk management processes then demand that risks that exceed an acceptable level need to be reduced through appropriate risk reduction measure that either reduce the probability of occurrence or the consequences of an accident associated to that hazard. After having verified that all our recommended measures are implemented to a sufficient extend, field tests may be conducted.
Current multinational operations show an increased demand for high quality actionable intelligence for different
operational levels and users. In order to achieve sufficient availability, quality and reliability of information, various ISR
assets are orchestrated within operational theatres. Especially airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
(ISR) assets provide - due to their endurance, non-intrusiveness, robustness, wide spectrum of sensors and flexibility to
mission changes - significant intelligence coverage of areas of interest.
An efficient and balanced utilization of airborne ISR assets calls for advanced concepts for the entire ISR process
framework including the Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (TCPED).
Beyond this, the employment of current visualization concepts, shared information bases and information customer
profiles, as well as an adequate combination of ISR sensors with different information age and dynamic (online) retasking
process elements provides the optimization of interlinked TCPED processes towards higher process robustness,
shorter process duration, more flexibility between ISR missions and, finally, adequate "entry points" for information
requirements by operational users and commands. In addition, relevant Trade-offs of distributed and dynamic TCPED
processes are examined and future trends are depicted.
Metadata are often referred to as data about data. In this respect metadata represent additional information about data,
which could otherwise be limited in use without such auxiliary information. Metadata can help to interpret the content of
data resources like images and videos, but can also provide support in the management, dissemination, and search and
retrieval of data sets through elements like creator, addressees, access rights, security classifications or online-location.
An issue arises from the fact that different metadata models are encouraged and used by different communities of
interests (COIs). These differences in metadata models hinder the efficient establishment of common, unified metadata
across COIs. This paper justifies and recommends a possible solution for a harmonized core metadata model between
selected COIs with special focus on the use case "cross-community search and retrieval of geo-related ISR data".
KEYWORDS: Intelligence systems, Neodymium, Data modeling, Ions, Electromagnetic coupling, Sensors, Defense and security, System integration, Systems modeling, Cameras
Experiments were carried out at naval base Eckernförde, Germany, bringing together several projects concerning
Defense Against Terrorism (DAT) and the net-centric battlespace. An integrated network of various Intelligence,
Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems was realized to evaluate the benefit of net-centric operations, i. e. in
DAT focusing on force protection. ISR systems of the German Army, Air force, and Navy as well as a number of not yet
operational systems were integrated in a joint network. Information relationships, data models, collaborative system
functions and services were defined for as much as 27 systems from 20 companies. The NATO ISR Interoperability
Architecture (NIIA) as the corner stone of technical standards for interoperable ISR products like images and motion
imagery was used to the extent possible. Services and systems adopted by the multinational project MAJIIC were the
starting point to develop appropriate collaboration tools and mechanisms.
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