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Improvements in the flexibility and performance of many types of sensors
have led to increased interest in automated techniques for Sensor
Resource Management (SRM). Toyon has developed algorithms to suit this
purpose.
Our approach to SRM is to tightly couple the
sensor tasking module with a fusion and tracking
system so that future sensor tasks are selected
which will allow the fusion system to operate more
effectively.
Toyon has developed several custom SRM algorithm designs
to address the specific operational requirements of our
customers including the Air Force (AFRL), the Army
(ASGE), MDA, and the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)
Program. Some of our recent SRM research efforts include:
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Algorithms for managing electronically-scanned
(ESA) radars onboard fighters that balance
the need for targeting and situational awareness
necessary for self-protection.
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An algorithm for managing a heterogeneous mix
of sensors (e.g., radar, electro-optical, and
electronic warfare) and assets (manned and
unmanned) for improved intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) of ground
targets.
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Algorithms for managing
electronic warfare assets to improve
geolocation of ground-based
emitters and to degrade, through jamming and deception
techniques, an adversary's ability
to track our assets.
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Algorithms for tasking ground-based radars to
support data fusion for improved acquisition,
tracking and identification (ID) of time-critical
ballistic targets.
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Algorithms for controlling sensors onboard aircraft
threatened by air defenses to enable them to obtain
the data they need to perform higher-level fusion
regarding the nature of the threat.
Toyon's research
in Sensor Resource Management is
part of a wider area of Asset Control
research including
Unmanned Systems Mission Planning and
Cooperative Control of Unmanned Systems.
For more information regarding Toyon's
Sensor Resource Management capabilities,
please send queries to
ksullivan@toyon.com.
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