Lambda Science, Inc. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N141-016

Lambda Science, Inc. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$149,982
Agency
Department of Defense · Navy
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
N141-016
Solicitation
2014.1
NAICS
Place of performance
PA
Period
2014-05-20 → 2015-07-31

Description

Per the topic description, dense maritime environments pose significant challenges to naval airborne sensor systems with respect to surface target classification, track lifetime, and track association. A promising strategy to drastically improve situational awareness and reduce operator workload in these environments is to utilize a Feature Aided Tracking and Discrimination (FAT-D) capability in conjunction with a sensor suite resource manager (RM) that interleaves high range resolution (HRR) pulses within the sensors primary search mode, and maintains and manages information about the surface contact picture on much larger timescales. RM operates on multiple timescales ranging from relatively short-term track updates that include classification dwells, extending to much longer time periods that involve re-associations after long duration track breaks or encounters that can span multiple missions.