High Resolution Terrain in Smart Weapons testing by Wolfgang Baer
Jan 31, 2016
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