Future-proofing an aircraft self-protection IR signature database

Mrwan Alayed; Munir M. El-Desouki; Motasem S. Alsawadi; Khalid Alghamdi; Attieh A. Al-Ghamdi; Cornelius J. Willers; Azwitamisi E. Mudau; Dirk F. Bezuidenhout

doi:10.1117/12.978981

8 November 2012 Future-proofing an aircraft self-protection IR signature database

Mrwan Alayed, Munir M. El-Desouki, Motasem S. Alsawadi, Khalid Alghamdi, Attieh A. Al-Ghamdi, Cornelius J. Willers, Azwitamisi E. Mudau, Dirk F. Bezuidenhout

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Proceedings Volume 8543, Technologies for Optical Countermeasures IX; 85430O (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.978981
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2012, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

Aircraft self-protection against heat seeking missile threats is an extremely important topic worldwide, recently even more so with the instability in the Middle East region due to, for example, the large number of man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) that were stolen from army arsenals. A fundamental step in successfully achieving self-protection is the ability to capture and identify aircraft infrared signatures. This work discusses some of our efforts and results in creating an asset database for infrared signatures. The database was designed in a way that will feed an image processing engine to allow for automated feature and signature extraction. A common failing in the handling of target signature raw data is the fact that raw data files can become unreadable because of changes in technology, software applications or weak media archiving technology (e.g. corrupt DVD media). A second shortcoming is often the fact that large volumes of raw or processed data are stored in an unstructured manner, resulting in poor recall later. A third requirement is the portability of data between various processing software packages, legacy, current and future. This paper demonstrates how the challenge of future-proofing measured data is met with reference to the archiving and analysis of data from a recent measurement campaign. Recommendations for future work are given, based on the experience gained.

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Mrwan Alayed, Munir M. El-Desouki, Motasem S. Alsawadi, Khalid Alghamdi, Attieh A. Al-Ghamdi, Cornelius J. Willers, Azwitamisi E. Mudau, and Dirk F. Bezuidenhout "Future-proofing an aircraft self-protection IR signature database", Proc. SPIE 8543, Technologies for Optical Countermeasures IX, 85430O (8 November 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.978981

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