Search sight for tanks: study of a new concept and applications

Dominique Maltese; Anne-Marie Michel; Thomas Devichi; Jacques Joffre

doi:10.1117/12.604705

19 May 2005 Search sight for tanks: study of a new concept and applications

Dominique Maltese, Anne-Marie Michel, Thomas Devichi, Jacques Joffre

Proceedings Volume 5810, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing XIX; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.604705
Event: Defense and Security, 2005, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Nowadays, armored ground vehicles such as tanks have to face an increasing number of threats. For instance, helicopters have become important threats with mainly more and more improved locking-on mode and firing mode capabilities. Plus, new lighweight ground vehicles are current threats to deal with. Consequently, Search sights have to upgrade their detection, locking-on, tracking and identification capabilities to counter multiple threats on various backgrounds and atmospheric conditions (desert, landscape...). Currently, Infrared sensors are the main core of these Surveillance Systems. In most cases, an operator (tank chief) via a joystick manages them. In this paper, a practical example of Search Sight Management for tanks associated with new automatic processes including operator information feedback is presented. The case studied here is a real-time implemented Semi-Automatic Search Infrared Sensor Suite. The article provides also system performances resulting from Field Trials. They highlight the impact of the new function in the overall system reaction time.

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Dominique Maltese, Anne-Marie Michel, Thomas Devichi, and Jacques Joffre "Search sight for tanks: study of a new concept and applications", Proc. SPIE 5810, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing XIX, (19 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.604705

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