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Automated Battle Damage Indication from Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 		Award ID:
58347 		Program Year/Program:
2002 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
00SB2-0138 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
VEXCEL CORP.
1690 38th Street Boulder, CO 80301
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2002
Title: Automated Battle Damage Indication from Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery
Agency / Branch: DOD / DARPA
Contract: DAAH01-02-C-R207
Award Amount: $514,578.00
 

Abstract:

Vexcel Corporation proposes to develop unique battle damage assessment (BDA) algorithms based on radar signatures produced by high-resolution synthetic aperture radar systems. Our approach takes advantage of telltale delayed response in the SAR dataproduced by radar energy that enters damage holes in recently fired-upon objects. Our phase I work has provided us a theoretical understanding of these responses and demonstrated that they are present in real data at detectable levels. For Phase II wewill develop algorithms that improve the contrast of the delayed responses with respect to the background clutter and improve detection performance. Furthermore, we intend to develop a concept of operations (CONOPS) for using such techniques in currentlyfielded aircraft and radar systems. Delayed responses may prove to be one of the most important BDA features because they can only be produced by an actual entry or exit hole in the target. This contrast with other more indirect features that might yieldambiguous results in the event of near-hit explosions. As far as we know, our detection approach is unique among the approaches being pursued by researches working to solve this challenge, however, we anticipate that our results will combinesynergistically with other proposed approaches.

Principal Investigator:

Richard Carande
VP Engineering
3035830220
carande@vexcel.com

Business Contact:

Paul Bodnar
VP Finance
3035830225
rozmiare@vexcel.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Vexcel Corp.
4909 Nautilus Court Boulder, CO 80301

EIN/Tax ID: 840992830
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No