Advancement and results in hostile fire indication using potassium line missile warning sensors

Joel Montgomery; Marjorie Montgomery; Russell Hardie

doi:10.1117/12.2053343

13 June 2014 Advancement and results in hostile fire indication using potassium line missile warning sensors

Joel Montgomery, Marjorie Montgomery, Russell Hardie

Proceedings Volume 9092, Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets 2014; 909204 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053343
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2014, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

M&M Aviation has been developing and conducting Hostile Fire Indication (HFI) tests using potassium line emission sensors for the Air Force Visible Missile Warning System (VMWS) to advance both algorithm and sensor technologies for UAV and other airborne systems for self protection and intelligence purposes. Work began in 2008 as an outgrowth of detecting and classifying false alarm sources for the VMWS using the same K-line spectral discrimination region but soon became a focus of research due to the high interest in both machine-gun fire and sniper geo-location via airborne systems. Several initial tests were accomplished in 2009 using small and medium caliber weapons including rifles. Based on these results, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) funded the Falcon Sentinel program in 2010 to provide for additional development of both the sensor concept, algorithm suite changes and verification of basic phenomenology including variance based on ammunition type for given weapons platform. Results from testing over the past 3 years have showed that the system would be able to detect and declare a sniper rifle at upwards of 3km, medium machine gun at 5km, and explosive events like hand-grenades at greater than 5km. This paper will outline the development of the sensor systems, algorithms used for detection and classification, and test results from VMWS prototypes as well as outline algorithms used for the VMWS. The Falcon Sentinel Program will be outlined and results shown. Finally, the paper will show the future work for ATD and transition efforts after the Falcon Sentinel program completed.

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Joel Montgomery, Marjorie Montgomery, and Russell Hardie "Advancement and results in hostile fire indication using potassium line missile warning sensors", Proc. SPIE 9092, Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets 2014, 909204 (13 June 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053343

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