. 24/7 Space News .
AFRL Contracts Focus on Moving Ground Targets

Illustration only

Rome NY (SPX) Sep 26, 2005
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded two contracts, with a combined value in excess of $5 million, for research to improve engagement of moving ground targets on the battlefield.

The two-year contracts are funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of Arlington, Va., in support of its Dynamic Tactical Targeting (DTT) program.

BAE Systems Advanced Information of Burlington, Mass., was awarded a $3,270,356 contract: "All-Source Track and Identify Fuser (ATIF) for DDT Fusion." A $2,022,373 contract, "DTT Target Motion Prediction," was awarded to Lockheed Martin of Fort Worth, Texas.

"BAE researchers will be developing a fusion algorithm that will utilize multiple data sources to actually detect, track and identify various moving ground targets and provide that information to the commander," said David D. Ferris Jr., program manager with the AFRL Information Directorate.

"Lockheed Martin engineers will focus on developing approaches to predict where a target is likely to go, so that you know where to start looking for it with a variety of sensors," said Mr. Ferris.

DARPA's Information Exploitation Office is sponsoring research under the DTT program. DTT is intended to support tactical combat by detecting, identifying, and tracking mobile ground targets.

DTT will provide key enabling technologies to maintain wide area coverage while locating and identifying regions / targets of interest, and to maintain track of critical targets for extended periods.

Related Links
Air Force Research Laboratory
SpaceDaily
Search SpaceDaily
Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express



Memory Foam Mattress Review
Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News


Smiths Part Of Lockheed Martin's Team To Define Future Rapid Effect System
London (SPX) Sep 26, 2005
Smiths Aerospace has been selected as part of the Lockheed Martin team to play a key role in the design, integration and demonstration of electronic architecture concepts for the Future Rapid Effect System (FRES).







  • Marshall Space Flight Center Prepares to Implement Space Exploration Missions
  • Voyager 1: Messages from the Edge
  • Final Call For Applicants For Space Exploration Masters
  • Aeronautics And Space Funding Will Preserve U.S. Aerospace Leadership

  • Mars Express In Orbit Around Mars With The MARSIS Antenna Unfurled
  • Looking Over 'Tennessee Valley'
  • Mars Express Mission extended
  • WUSTL Mars Team Describes Water Detection At Gusev Crater

  • Orbital Successfully Launches Minotaur Rocket Carrying US Military Bird
  • CryoSat Launch Will Be Blast From The Cold War Past
  • Boeing And Lockheed Martin To Resubmit Filing For United Launch Alliance
  • Orbital Selected By NASA For Major Long-Term Launch Services Contract

  • MERIS Monitoring Tracks Planetary Photosynthesis Levels
  • Orbimage Announces Awards Totaling $6.1M Of ClearView Orders From The NGA
  • NASA Technology Monitors Wildlife Habitats From The Air
  • NASA Cooperative Airborne Laser Mapping Studies Katrina Damage

  • Santa et al
  • Hubble Makes Movie Of Neptune's Dynamic Atmosphere
  • Gemini Samples Spectrum Of 2003 UB313: Pluto-Like Surface
  • Scientists Discover Tenth Planet

  • Tycho's Remnant Provides Shocking Evidence For Cosmic Rays
  • Double Star And Cluster Observe First Evidence Of Crustal Cracking
  • Case Astronomers Find Vast Stellar Web Spun By Colliding Galaxies
  • New Star Survey Sheds Light On Milky Way's Evolution

  • Not Your Average Moonshot
  • Digging "Moon Dirt" Is NASA's Fifth Centennial Challenge
  • With Moon Mission, US Seeks To Remain Leader In Space
  • How We'll Get Back To The Moon

  • First Modernized GPS Satellite Built By Lockheed Martin Launched
  • Chinese Company Bids For Galileo Operation Franchise
  • Harris Offer Low-Cost Weapon Data Link Used In JDAM Moving Target Demo
  • Lost In Shanghai? Your Map Is Counterfeit

  • The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2006 - SpaceDaily.AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA PortalReports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additionalcopyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement