Automated Multi-Static Processing Of Off-Board Sensors Navy SBIR FY2005.1 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2005.1 Topic No.: N05-043 Topic Title: Automated Multi-Static Processing Of Off-Board Sensors Proposal No.: N051-043-0721 Firm: Progeny Systems Corporation 9500 Innovation Drive Manassas, Virginia 20110 Contact: Steven Graham Phone: (703) 368-6107 Web Site: www.progeny.net Abstract: Multistatic operation of Navy sonar systems can potentially improve overall ASW effectiveness despite significant improvements in the capabilities of potential submarine adversaries. As enemy submarines become quieter and more capable, utilization of active sonar techniques becomes necessary to maintain tactically effective ASW ranges for detection, classification, and localization. Active sonar operation in shallow water environments is in turn complicated by the severe clutter that is encountered. Multistatic operation enables Navy forces to take full advantage of active sonar capabilities and to improve decluttering performance while allowing critical assets to remain acoustically covert. Multistatic capabilities for all viable combinations of U.S. Navy sonar systems eventually need to be developed. Benefits: The results of this project are anticipated to have application to both commercial and military systems. Methods developed in this SBIR could be used for commercial multisensor applications such as seismic exploration/profiling or monitoring of off-coast drug trafficking where coordination of multiple sensors is necessary and (in the drug trafficking application) where covertness of certain platforms is highly desirable. Since this research is targeted towards automation and net-centric operations, this topic could be used to aid battlefield assessment, pre-mission planning, complex-theater threat assessment, war gaming, airborne surveillance, Theater Air Defense, air traffic control, commercial transportation tracking systems and other net-centric collaborative fields. Return