The Desirability of a NATO-central Database for Non-Cooperative Target Recognition of Aircraft
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For a decade, NATO nations, both on their own and within NATO groups have performed studies in the field of Twodimensional Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (2D-ISAR) and High Resolution Radar (HRR) Range Profiles. During that work high-quality radar imagery data of aircraft has become available through measurement campaigns. It was shown that the acquisition of a sufficiently large and representative reference database is a difficult and laborious process. Other database properties, such as its contents, size, upgradability, retrieval speed, operational use, etcetera have not received sufficient attention within these studies. In the future, NATO may be playing a major role in maintaining a NATO central database of radar signatures. This paper provides an initial understanding of the operational implications for performing such a task. It argues that, instead of providing a central database to NATO nations, NATO should stimulate the use of decentralized classifiers and databases and ensure that coalition partners can access them via a data network in operational situations.
TNO Identifier
222883
Publisher
NATO-RTO
Article nr.
paper 23
Source title
The RTO Sensors and Electronics Technology Panel (SET) Symposium held in the Banner Hall at the Defence Museum, Akershus Fortress in Oslo, Norway on 11-13 October 2004
Place of publication
Neuilly-sur-Seine
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