Current infrared target acquisition approach for military sensor design and wargaming

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6207, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Driggers, Ronald G ^a   Jacobs, Eddie L ^a   Vollmerhausen, Richard H ^a   O'Kane, Barbara ^a   Self, Mid ^a   Moyer, Steve ^a   Hixson, Jonathan G ^a   Page, Gary ^a   Krapels, Keith ^b   Dixon, David ^c   Kistner, Regina ^d   Mazz, John ^d  

^a NIGHT VISION AND ELECTRONIC SENSORS DIRECTORATE   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c White Sands Missile Range   (United States)

^d U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILITARY SENSORS; TARGET ACQUISITION; TARGET TASK PERFORMANCE (TTP); WARGAMING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; INFRARED DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL DESIGN;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 33747649188     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.660963     Document Type: Conference Paper

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