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Multi-sensor tracking techniques

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Missile Defense Agency
Contract: W9113M-06-C-0095
Agency Tracking Number: 053-0901
Amount: $99,998.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: MDA05-050
Solicitation Number: 2005.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2005
Award Year: 2006
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2006-03-03
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2006-09-04
Small Business Information
40 Lloyd Avenue, Suite 200
Malvern, PA 19355
United States
DUNS: 075485425
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Eric Butts
 Senior Associate
 (610) 644-3400
 ebutts@pa.wagner.com
Business Contact
 John Eldridge
Title: Treasurer
Phone: (610) 644-3400
Email: GovtMktg@pa.wagner.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

We propose to develop algorithms and software to fuse data from multiple sensor systems that are tracking ballistic missile threat(s) in order to provide a tactical picture of higher quality than that capable from any single sensor. We will build upon our previously developed Data Fusion Correlation Algorithm (DFCA). The DFCA is a multi-source track-to-track, multi-hypothesis data fusion system developed for missile defense applications. It uses computationally robust, efficient, and theoretically rigorous algorithms and accepts a wide variety of kinematic sensor input forms including raw contact data (statistically independent) as well as reports of track state (correlated in time). All are treated within a consistent Bayesian framework. Also, the DFCA contains algorithms to estimate covariance data from knowledge of sensor characteristics, tracking geometry, and data when absent. The primary focus of this effort is to develop algorithms to estimate spatial and temporal sensor biases, to mitigate the impact of these biases upon the data fusion picture, and to quantify the improvement upon the fused tactical picture.

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