Fusion of radar and EO-sensors for surveillance

Fusion of radar and EO-sensors for the purpose of surveillance is investigated. All sensors are considered to be co-located with respect to file distance of the area under surveillance. More specifically, the applicability for such multi-sensor systems is examined for surveillance in littoral waters. The sensor suite is a coherent polarimetric radar in combination with a set of camera´s sensitive in visible light, near infrared, mid infrared and far infrared. A so-called fuse while track algorithm is the best candidate for these dissimilar colocated and not necessarily synchronized sensors.