Soldier identification system for dismounted soldier application: Prototype development and testing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3080, Issue , 1997, Pages 222-229

  Zari, Michael C ^a   Zwilling, Anthony F ^a   Fikes, Joseph W ^a   Hess, David A ^b   Ward, Reeder N ^b   Anderson, Christopher S ^c   Chiang, David J ^d  

^a DYNETICS INC   (United States)

^b Harris Corp ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d US Army Communications and Electronics Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Allied protection; Combat identification; Covert operations; Dismounted soldier; Fratricide reduction; Laser; Low probability of intercept; RF spread spectrum; Soldier identification

Indexed keywords

LASER FUSION; LASERS; PERSONNEL; PROGRAMMING THEORY; SPACE OPTICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ALLIED PROTECTION; COMBAT IDENTIFICATION; COVERT OPERATIONS; DISMOUNTED SOLDIER; FRATRICIDE REDUCTION; LASER; LOW PROBABILITY OF INTERCEPT; RF SPREAD SPECTRUM; SOLDIER IDENTIFICATION;

SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

EID: 0010125336     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.277164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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