Developments In Airborne Surveillance And Control Systems

D. Bumette, R. E. Hendrix, G. Kahlon, M. Michael, P. J. Queeney and W. R. Gretsch

Abstract:	Airborne Surveillance and Control Systems are more important now than they ever have been. The world is changing, and these svstems now must perform different jobs - beyond their traditional role of Airborne Early Warning, and Command, and Control and Communications. They need to be able to stabilize tense situations, project national power, interdict drugs, discourage terrorism, and verify compliance to treaties. To meet these needs, a number of different capabilities are being developed for existing platforms, new systems are being developed, and advanced systems are being developed. The requirements are severe. and substantial R&D is being performed to obtain the technology so badly needed. These systems must work well over land, over sea, and at the critical land/sea boundary. They must be rugged, reliable, easy to maintain, low in cost to acquire and operate, and have very long endurance for long missions. Air, sea and land targets are smaller and may be protected by jamming. Target scenarios are varied - from highly maneuvering dense scenarios to greatly dispersed situations with blurred and intermixed friends and foes. Identification is crucial. In some cases individual engagements must be pursued, in other cases long term changes must be detected., To these ends multiple sensors will share distributed apertures, with fusion used to combine these outputs for highly effective warning, surveillance, control and engagement.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 1991 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation January 22 - 24, 1991 Sheraton San Marcos Hotel Phoenix, AZ
Pages:	399 - 403
Cite this article:	Bumette, D., Hendrix, R. E., Kahlon, G., Michael, M., Queeney, P. J., Gretsch, W. R., "Developments In Airborne Surveillance And Control Systems," Proceedings of the 1991 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation, Phoenix, AZ, January 1991, pp. 399-403.
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