NCTR Plus Sensor Fusion Equals IFFN or can Two Plus Two Equal Five?
- 1 May 1980
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
- Vol. AES-16 (3) , 320-337
- https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.1980.308902
Abstract
Fowler's Seventh Law for military systems [1] states: "Be wary of proposals for synergistic systems. Most of the time when you try to make 2 + 2 = 5, you end up with 3-and sometimes 1.9." We attempt to approach the broad issues of IFFN (identification, friend, foe, neutral) of military targets via the techniques of NCTR (noncooperative target recognition), coupled with the systems approach called "sensor fusion." Although the overall style of the paper is that of a tutorial, many of the results presented are original. In all cases where we make political obsrvations, they represent our personal opinions.Keywords
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- Comments on the Cost and Performance of Military SystemsIEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 1979