• Estimates altitude using infrared (IR) image processing
  • Facilitates precision height of burst (HOB) fuzing for improved lethality
  • Requires no added hardware for IR seeker-equipped weapons


THE PROBLEM

If conventional medium and long-range impact and penetration weapons have no active ranging sensors, then, there is no airburst (proximity fuzing) capability. Such capability would increase the probability of kill for soft and area targets, resulting in fewer weapons per kill and capacity for more targets per sortie.

THE SOLUTION

Mustang developed a novel image processing approach that utilizes IR imaging sensors to compute the precise height above the target, allowing precision HOB fuzing. Our approach requires no new hardware.

THE APPROACH

Mustang developed a solution by analyzing all available information and then developing novel image processing algorithms to exploit that information.

THE TECHNOLOGIES

IR image processing; proximity fuzing.

This material is based upon work supported by the United States Air Force under Contract No. FA8651-04-C-0230. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the United States Air Force.