Infrared missile warning sensors

Author

Sanderson, Richard B.

Author_Institution

Wright Lab./AAWP, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

20-23 May 1996

Firstpage

777

Abstract

Current developments in infrared missile warning are taking advantage of recent advances in focal plane arrays and signal processing. The large, mechanically complex scanning sensors of a generation ago are being replaced with compact sensors using staring detector arrays. These new sensors present a new set of design problems coupled with generally more severe signal processing requirements. In this presentation, we consider the infrared characteristics of threat missiles and backgrounds and show how we may characterize the performance of staring array sensors and the associated signal processing for target-background discrimination. Of particular interest, are the development of techniques for multicolor discrimination and assessment of the feasibility of using uncooled detector arrays

Keywords

focal planes; military systems; missiles; optical tracking; target tracking; focal plane arrays; infrared missile warning sensors; multicolor discrimination; signal processing requirements; staring detector arrays; target-background discrimination; threat missiles; uncooled detector arrays; Aircraft; Costs; Infrared detectors; Infrared sensors; Mechanical sensors; Missiles; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Sensor arrays; Thermal sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1996. NAECON 1996., Proceedings of the IEEE 1996 National

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

ISSN

0547-3578

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3306-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.1996.517739

Filename

517739