high resolution terrain in smart weapons testing by wolfgang baer

High Resolution Terrain in Smart

Weapons testing

by

Wolfgang Baer

•Test non-line-of-sight weapons in operational force on force environment

•Digitize Terrain

•Build high speed sensor realistic Perspective View Generator

•Instrument Battlefield

PEGASUS I

FOG-M WEAPONS TESTING STRATEGY

FOG-M Test Concept

Real time Perspective View Generator

Perspective View

FOG-M Weapon System

PositionMeasurement

Gunner controls

PROTOTYPE SYSTEM

Image Feedback Workstation

Real time

data

source

• General Test and simulation of smart weapons environment

•Requires (1) Digitize Terrain

• Requires (2) High speed sensor realistic Perspective View Generator

•Substantial Progress has been made

PEGASUS I

STRATEGY GENERALIZATION

Return Products

Automated Data Extraction

Objective

Data Bases

PRODUCTS

OBJECTIVE

Measure

Raw Data Bases

Product Generation

CLOSE THE LOOP

TECHNICAL APPROACH

Objective

Data Bases GenerateProducts

ReturnProducts

Perspective View Generator

Data Base Update

Algorithm

Calculated Image

Difference Image

Raw Data

Measured Image

update

Image Feedback Update

Measured View

Calculated View

Difference View

AN/CRT Analysis Window

Database and Control

Window

Image Feedback Workstation Screen Sample

EXISTING PRODUCTS

•Line of Sight Server

• Perspective View generator

• Prototype Weapons Effectiveness

(ST) Diagrams

Line-of-Sight Analysis Server

Synthetically Generated Perspective View with Two Targets over 1 Meter Terrain(~10fps on high end PC)

Weapons Effectiveness Display

FUTURE PRODUCTS

•Image Targeting System

•High Resolution Terrain Databases

•Real Time RPV Data Extraction System

•Reconnaissance Image Analysis System

•After Action Review System

•Mission Rehearsal and Planning Systems

Image Targeting ConceptRPV Version

Background Matching

X,Y,Z Coordinates

Weapon System

Measurement Image

Image Targeting ConceptForward Observer Version

X,Y,Z Coordinates

Weapon System

Passive Visual Measurement

Manual Background Matching

Real Time RPV DataData Extraction System Concept

Terrain Database Generation Work Station

TERRAIN DATA UPDATES

Battlefield Decision Aids

Measurement Image