Agenda Section Description

Advanced Technologies

Emerging concepts and technologies will be part of the warfighter’s future arsenal and fire control capabilities. These are the “seed corn” for advanced fire control sensors and systems and the technology game changers that will give tomorrow’s military forces break-through capabilities and overwhelming advantages in future conflicts within both the conventional and unconventional (asymmetric) environments. This topic addresses:

• Emerging techniques in automation and cooperation for searching, identifying, tracking, and engaging fixed and mobile targets (e.g. Machine Learning/AI, Multi-static/Multi-INT search track and ID, cooperative weapon concepts);
• Human/Automation integration concepts;
• Multi-function systems;
• Advanced Radar and Passive RF concepts (e.g. Adaptive Digital Beamforming, Direction Finding, Wide-band Array concepts, etc.);
• RF Photonics technologies for Fire Control/EW;
• Air-to-Air (A-A) & Air-to-Ground (A-G) tactical laser radar approaches/concepts;
• Advanced Infrared Search and Track (IRST) concepts (e.g. passive ranging, enhanced clutter suppression);
• Lethal and non-lethal target effect mechanisms;
• Techniques for searching, identifying, tracking, and engaging fixed and mobile targets; Decision aids that include the human factor;
• “Free Space Optics” use for real-time tactical data exchanges;
• Communication techniques (to include data link architecture);
• Data exploitation algorithms/ techniques; and
• Electronic Warfare (EW) techniques to assure robust fire control solutions.