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FY 1996 Actual |
FY 1997 Estimate |
FY 1998 Estimate |
FY 1999 Estimate |
FY 2000 Estimate |
FY 2001 Estimate |
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(U) A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification
: This Advanced Technology Development program provides technology to enable continued avionics superiority. Combat aircraft must defeat increasingly sophisticated active and passive countermeasures, destroy a wide variety of targets with precision, and reliably perform complex missions with less logistics support in a world of proliferating threats. This program responds to these needs by developing and demonstrating technologies and techniques for advanced radio frequency sensors (i.e., radar) and electro-optical sensors for airborne and ground targeting including: electronic counter-countermeasures; advanced electronics technologies for improvements in cost, weight, and reliability; fire control/weapon delivery; target identification and recognition technologies; and techniques for precision air and ground target kills. Emphasis is on detecting, locating, and targeting airborne, fixed, and time-critical mobile ground targets while providing the capability to adapt to changes in target signatures and background environments. These advanced avionics capabilities will provide for flexible, multi-function/multi-mission combat aircraft that can: safely penetrate threat areas; destroy multiple ground targets per pass; accurately detect and identify targets beyond-visual-range within a complex mix of look-alike friendly, neutral, and enemy aircraft; win aerial engagements; and return to fight again.(U) B. Program Change Summary ($ in Thousands)
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FY 1996 |
FY 1997 |
FY 1998 |
FY 1999 |
Total Cost |
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(U) Previous President’s Budget |
30,577 |
28,691 |
29,944 |
31,753 |
Cont |
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(U) Appropriated Value |
32,131 |
28,691 |
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(U) Adjustments to Appropriated Value |
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a. Congressional/General Reductions |
-636 |
-585 |
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b. SBIR |
-616 |
-605 |
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c. Omnibus/Other Above Threshold Reprogrammings |
-811 |
-26 |
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d. Below Threshold Reprogrammings |
-636 |
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(U) Current Budget Submit/FY 1998 PB |
29,432 |
27,475 |
26,507 |
28,206 |
Cont |
(U) Change Summary Explanation:
Funding: Changes to this PE since the previous President’s Budget are due budget constraints and priorities within the Science and Technology (S&T) Program.
Schedule: Not Applicable.
Technical: Not Applicable.
(U) C. Other Program Funding Summary: Not Applicable.
(U) D. Schedule Profile: Not Applicable.
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COST ($ In Thousands) |
FY 1996 Actual |
FY 1997 Estimate |
FY 1998 Estimate |
FY 1999 Estimate |
FY 2000 Estimate |
FY 2001 Estimate |
FY 2002 Estimate |
FY 2003 Estimate |
Cost to Complete |
Total Cost |
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Airborne Sensors Technology |
13,190 |
11,326 |
12,380 |
11,314 |
12,466 |
14,183 |
14,744 |
15,170 |
Continuing |
Continuing |
(U) A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification:
Develops and demonstrates airborne sensor technologies, including electro-optical sensors, radars, and electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM) for radars. This project provides the warfighter with the capability to precisely detect and target both airborne targets (conventional and low radar cross section) and ground-based, high-value, time-critical targets. Work includes developing both complete sensor capabilities as well as advanced component technologies. The desired warfighting capability includes the ability to detect and target in difficult background conditions, with emphasis on countering improvements in camouflage, concealment, and deception techniques that limit current detection and tracking capability for threats obscured by these means.(U) FY 1996 ($ in Thousands):
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Develop a conformal, low-observable infrared search and track (IRST) window capable of meeting long-range detection requirements while minimizing adverse impacts to the aircraft platform. Integrate sensor, algorithm, and infrared phenomenology models into an IRST end-to-end simulation to evaluate sensor performance. Evaluate concepts for improving look-down performance and reducing IRST size, weight, and cost. |
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Develop affordable air-to-air electro-optical sensor technology for long-range target detection and tracking to further reduce complexity, size, and cost of electro-optical sensors. |
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Develop airborne, air-to-ground, wind profiling technologies to enhance first shot hit capability of gunships and improve precision air drops from cargo aircraft. This technology will decrease loiter time and increase operational altitude, thus, improving survivability. |
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Develop and demonstrate, through a multi-Service program, the electro-optical multi-spectral sensor and algorithm technology required to passively search large areas, detect, and target ground-based threats in an open or obscured environment. This is a cooperative effort between the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Passive search allows the user to remain covert. |
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Develop, demonstrate, and evaluate advanced laser technologies that provide pilots with positive, timely, and reliable identification information that is compatible with existing identification/identify friend or foe techniques. This technology will be packaged for existing electro-optical systems and provides the multi-mission capability of supporting air-to-air missile launch at 60 km and air-to-ground weapon launch at 15-25 km. |
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Develop and demonstrate radar electronic counter-countermeasure (ECCM) techniques capable of negating air intercept and synthetic aperture radar electronic countermeasure (ECM) threats. |
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Develop adaptive processing techniques to negate clutter and electromagnetic interference, both intentional and unintentional, for uninterrupted sensor performance and increased detection and targeting performance against sophisticated and low radar cross section targets. |
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Develop and demonstrate, through an Air Force/Navy/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program, the sensor and algorithm technology required to detect, identify, and target high-value, time-critical targets obscured by foliage or concealed through deceptive techniques. |
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Develop technology required to achieve improved life cycle cost for current and future airborne radar apertures and systems. |
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Total |
(U) FY 1997 ($ in Thousands):
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Develop affordable multi-function electro-optical sensor technology for long-range target detection and track/missile warning. This effort will combine the offensive and defensive functions into a single electro-optical sensor, reducing volume and cost of the overall system. |
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Develop airborne, air-to-ground, wind profiling technologies to enhance first shot hit capability of gunships and for greater precision air drops from cargo aircraft. This technology will decrease loiter time and increase operational altitude, thus, improving survivability. |
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Develop and demonstrate, through a tri-Service program, the multi-spectral electro-optical sensor and algorithm technology required to passively search large areas, detect, and target ground-based targets in the open and under cover. Passive search allows the user to remain covert. |
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Develop, demonstrate, and evaluate advanced laser technologies that provide pilots with positive, timely, and reliable identification information that is compatible with existing reliable identification/identify friend or foe techniques. This technology will be packaged for existing electro-optical systems and provide the capability for air-to-air missile launch at 60 km and air-to-ground weapon launch at 15-25 km. |
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Develop and demonstrate radar electronic counter-countermeasure (ECCM) techniques to negate air intercept and synthetic aperture radar electronic countermeasure threats. |
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Develop adaptive processing techniques to negate clutter and electromagnetic interference, both intentional and intentional, for uninterrupted sensor performance and increased detection and targeting performance against sophisticated and low radar cross section targets. |
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Develop and demonstrate, through an Air Force/Navy/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program, the radio frequency sensor and algorithm technology required to detect, identify, and target high-value, time-critical targets obscured by foliage or concealed through deceptive techniques. |
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Develop critical components required to lower life cycle cost of radar apertures for operational and future radar systems. |
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Total |
(U) FY 1998 ($ in Thousands):
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Develop integrated air-to-air and air-to-ground electro-optical sensor technologies to detect and identify targets at ranges longer than currently achievable, whether the targets are camouflaged, low-observable, or employing other means of deception. This technology will enable warfighters to engage mobile strategic targets. |
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Develop airborne, air-to-ground wind profiling technologies to enhance accuracy of bomb drops and cargo delivery. |
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Develop and demonstrate radar electronic counter-countermeasure techniques to negate air intercept and synthetic aperture radar electronic countermeasures. |
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Develop processing techniques to negate clutter and electromagnetic interference, both intentional and unintentional, for uninterrupted sensor performance and increased detection and targeting performance against sophisticated and low radar cross section targets. |
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Develop and demonstrate the radio frequency sensor and algorithm technology required to detect, identify, and target high-value, time-critical targets obscured by foliage or concealed through deceptive techniques. |
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Develop critical components required to lower life cycle cost of current and future radar systems. |
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Total |
(U) FY 1999 ($ in Thousands):
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Develop integrated air-to-air and air-to-ground electro-optical (EO) sensor technologies to detect and identify targets at ranges longer than currently achievable, whether the targets are camouflaged, low-observable, or employing other means of deception. This technology will enable warfighters to engage mobile strategic targets. |
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Develop airborne, air-to-ground wind profiling technologies to enhance accuracy of bomb drops and cargo delivery. |
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Develop and demonstrate radar electronic counter-countermeasure techniques to negate air intercept and synthetic aperture radar electronic countermeasures. |
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Develop processing techniques to negate clutter and electromagnetic interference, both intentional and unintentional, for uninterrupted sensor performance and increased detection and targeting performance against sophisticated and low radar cross section targets. |
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Develop and demonstrate the radio frequency sensor and algorithm technology required to detect, identify, and target high-value, time-critical targets obscured by foliage or concealed through deceptive techniques. |
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Develop critical components required to lower life cycle cost of current and future radar systems. |
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Total |
(U) B. Program Change Summary ($ in Thousands):
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FY 1996 |
FY 1997 |
FY 1998 |
FY 1999 |
Total Cost |
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(U) Previous President’s Budget |
13,826 |
11,833 |
13,243 |
14,047 |
Cont |
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(U) Current Budget Submit/FY 1998 PB |
13,190 |
11,326 |
12,380 |
11,314 |
Cont |
(U) Change Summary Explanation:
Funding: Changes to this project since the previous President’s Budget are due to budget constraints and priorities within the Science and Technology (S&T) Program.
Schedule: Not Applicable.
Technical: Not Applicable.
(U) C. Other Program Funding Summary:
(U) Related Activities:
(U) D. Schedule Profile:
Not Applicable.|
COST ($ In Thousands) |
FY 1996 Actual |
FY 1997 Estimate |
FY 1998 Estimate |
FY 1999 Estimate |
FY 2000 Estimate |
FY 2001 Estimate |
FY 2002 Estimate |
FY 2003 Estimate |
Cost to Complete |
Total Cost |
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Advanced Electronics |
3,363 |
3,368 |
1,532 |
3,078 |
3,097 |
3,269 |
3,288 |
3,496 |
Continuing |
Continuing |
(U) A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification:
Develops and demonstrates military essential microelectronic devices, tools, and components that improve performance, reliability, and affordability of radar, communications, and electronic counter-countermeasure systems for both retrofit and new system applications. Results of the work provide the warfighter with increased sensor capabilities in terms of increased situational awareness, higher accuracy detection and tracking of targets/threats at longer ranges, more precise weapon employment, and increased affordability. This project develops electronics technologies unavailable from commercial sources and includes development of: monolithic solid state transmit/receive modules for airborne radar; high-speed analog-to-digital converters; high reliability electronics power distribution; and microwave/microelectronics packaging and interconnect techniques.(U) FY 1996 ($ in Thousands):
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Develop advanced microelectronics component, power distribution, packaging, and interconnect technologies to provide for ten times reduction in power consumption, cost, weight, and volume of target detection electronics. |
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Develop advanced component technologies to integrate multi-function microwave and millimeter wave circuits for reduced airborne sensor cost, weight, and volume, and improved reliability of radar and targeting electronics. |
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Develop advanced multi-function sensor electronics, including integrated analog/digital elements (both radio frequency and electro-optical), to increase reliability, improve performance, and decrease cost, weight, and volume in integrated airborne avionics. |
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Total |
(U) FY 1997 ($ in Thousands):
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Develop advanced microelectronics component, power distribution, packaging, and interconnect technologies to provide for reduction in power consumption, cost, weight, and volume of target detection electronics. |
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Develop advanced component technologies to integrate multi-function microwave and millimeter wave circuits for reduced airborne sensor cost, weight, and volume, and improved reliability of radar and targeting electronics. |
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Develop advanced multi-function sensor electronics, including integrated analog/digital elements (both radio frequency (RF) and electro-optical), to increase reliability, improve performance, and decrease cost, weight, and volume in integrated airborne avionics. |
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Total |
(U) FY 1998 ($ in Thousands):
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Develop advanced microelectronics components, power distribution, packaging, and interconnect technologies to reduce power consumption, cost, weight, and volume of emerging military systems such as target detection and tracking electronics. |
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Develop advanced multi-function sensor electronics, including integrated analog/digital applications, to increase reliability, improve performance, and decrease cost, weight, and volume in integrated airborne avionics. |
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Develop advanced design automation tools and methods for creating complex electronics/avionics. These tools will significantly lower the development cost and subsequent support costs of all electronic systems. |
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Total |
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Develop advanced microelectronics components, power distribution, packaging, and interconnect technologies to reduce power consumption, cost, weight, and volume of emerging military systems such as target detection and tracking electronics. |
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Develop advanced multi-function sensor electronics, including integrated analog/digital applications, to increase reliability, improve performance, and decrease cost, weight, and volume in integrated airborne avionics. |
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Develop advanced design automation tools and methods for creating complex electronics/avionics. These tools will significantly lower the development cost and subsequent support costs of all electronic systems. |
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Total |
(U) B. Program Change Summary ($ in Thousands):
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FY 1996 |
FY 1997 |
FY 1998 |
FY 1999 |
Total Cost |
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(U) Previous President’s Budget |
3,363 |
3,515 |
3,414 |
3,613 |
Cont |
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(U) Current Budget Submit/FY 1998 PB |
3,363 |
3,368 |
1,532 |
3,078 |
Cont |
(U) Change Summary Explanation:
Funding: Changes to this project since the previous President’s Budget are due to budget constraints and priorities within the Science and Technology (S&T) Program.
Schedule: Not Applicable.
Technical: Not Applicable.
(U) C. Other Program Funding Summary:
(U) Related Activities:
(U) D. Schedule Profile:
Not Applicable.|
COST ($ In Thousands) |
FY 1996 Actual |
FY 1997 Estimate |
FY 1998 Estimate |
FY 1999 Estimate |
FY 2000 Estimate |
FY 2001 Estimate |
FY 2002 Estimate |
FY 2003 Estimate |
Cost to Complete |
Total Cost |
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Target Attack and Recognition Technology |
12,879 |
12,781 |
12,595 |
13,814 |
13,907 |
14,587 |
14,648 |
15,070 |
Continuing |
Continuing |
(U) A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification:
Develops and demonstrates advanced technologies for attack management, fire control, and target identification and recognition capabilities. The objective of this project includes developing and demonstrating integrated fire control techniques to provide for a capability of adverse-weather air-to-surface precision strike against multiple targets-per-pass and air-to-air engagement at maximum weapon launch range with cooperative launch deployment flexibility. Specific fire control technologies include attack management, sensor fusion, automated decision aids, advanced tracking for low radar cross section threats, and targeting using both on-board and off-board sensor information. These fire control developments will provide force multiplication and a reduction of exposure to hostile fire. The objectives of this project also include developing and demonstrating technologies to provide for positive, high confidence cueing, recognition, and identification of both airborne and ground-based, high-value, time-critical targets at ranges compatible with tactical air-to-air and air-to-surface weapons in bad weather, day or night, and in high-threat multiple target battle areas. Model-based vision algorithms and target signature development techniques are key to the identification and recognition solution and are pursued in this project in partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The techniques developed are evaluated to support the Theater Missile Defense efforts in surveillance and attack. The fire control and recognition technologies developed and demonstrated in this project are high leverage in that they provide for significant advancements in operational capabilities largely through software improvements which can be readily transitioned to new and existing systems.(U) FY 1996 ($ in Thousands):
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Develop synthetic signature capability for ground targets to train automatic target recognition algorithms. |
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Evaluate automatic target recognition algorithms, including model-based vision algorithms, for moving and stationary target acquisition and recognition and for Theater Missile Defense surveillance and attack efforts. |
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Develop advanced hostile target identification technologies to provide a capability for beyond-visual-range, all aspect, high confidence classification and identification of airborne targets. |
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Develop advanced air-to-air engagement and weapon delivery technologies to provide a capability for beyond-visual-range detection, targeting, and weapon deployment against sophisticated and reduced observable airborne threats. |
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Develop advanced information fusion technologies to increase air engagement situation awareness and lethality through: longer-range, high confidence identification; integration of offensive and defensive sensor technology; and exploitation of off-board targeting information. |
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Develop advanced tracking algorithms to increase detection range of conventional threats and maintain detection range against low cross section threats. This effort will also increase identification range of airborne threats. |
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Develop technologies for targeting both moving and stationary ground-based targets utilizing both on-board and off-board targeting information. These technologies provide the targeting solution required to deploy air-to-surface weapons. |
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Total |
(U) FY 1997 ($ in Thousands):
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Develop synthetic signature capability for ground targets to train automatic target recognition algorithms. |
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Evaluate algorithms, including model-based vision algorithms, for moving and stationary target acquisition and recognition and for theater missile defense surveillance and attack efforts. |
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Develop advanced hostile target identification technologies to provide a capability for beyond-visual-range, all aspect, high confidence classification and identification of airborne targets. |
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Develop advanced air-to-air engagement and weapon delivery technologies to provide for a beyond-visual-range detection, targeting, and weapon deployment capability against sophisticated and reduced observable airborne threats. |
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Develop advanced information fusion technologies to increase air engagement situation awareness and lethality through: longer-range, high confidence identification; integration of offensive and defensive sensor technology; and exploitation of off-board targeting information. |
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Develop advanced tracking algorithms to increase detection range of conventional threats and maintain detection range against low cross section threats. This effort will also increase identification range of airborne threats. |
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Develop technologies for targeting both stationary and moving ground-based threats with precision, utilizing both on-board and off-board targeting information. These technologies provide the targeting solution required to release air-to-surface weapons. |
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Total |
(U) FY 1998 ($ in Thousands):
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Develop and demonstrate advanced air-to-air detection, tracking, identification, and engagement technologies to provide beyond-visual-range, all-aspect, high confidence classification, identification, targeting, and all-aspect weapon deployment against conventional and reduced-signature airborne threats. |
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Develop and demonstrate advanced situation awareness technologies to increase air-to-ground engagement lethality and survivability through: integration of offensive and defensive sensor technology; exploitation of off-board threat and targeting information; and timely usage of Real-Time Information Out of the Cockpit (RTOC). |
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Develop and demonstrate innovative air-to-ground Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) and identification technologies to increase capacity to detect, identify, and target hostile ground forces. |
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Total |
(U) FY 1999 ($ in Thousands):
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Develop and demonstrate advanced air-to-air detection, tracking, identification, and engagement technologies to provide beyond-visual-range, all-aspect, high confidence classification, identification, targeting, and all-aspect weapon deployment against conventional and reduced-signature airborne threats. |
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Develop and demonstrate advanced situation awareness technologies to increase air-to-ground engagement lethality and survivability through: integration of offensive and defensive sensor technology; exploitation of off-board threat and targeting information; and timely usage of Real-Time Information Out of the Cockpit (RTOC). |
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Develop and demonstrate innovative air-to-ground Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) and identification technologies to increase capacity to detect, identify, and target hostile ground forces. |
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Total |
(U) B. Program Change Summary ($ in Thousands):
|
FY 1996 |
FY 1997 |
FY 1998 |
FY 1999 |
Total Cost |
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(U) Previous President’s Budget |
13,388 |
13,343 |
13,287 |
14,093 |
Cont |
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(U) Current Budget Submit/FY 1998 PB |
12,879 |
12,781 |
12,595 |
13,814 |
Cont |
(U) Change Summary Explanation:
Funding: Changes to this project since the previous President’s Budget are due to budget constraints and priorities within the Science and Technology (S&T) Program.
Schedule: Not Applicable.
Technical: Not Applicable.
(U) C. Other Program Funding Summary:
(U) Related Activities:
(U) D. Schedule Profile: Not Applicable.
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