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Title: Infrared source test

Abstract

The purpose of the Infrared Source Test (IRST) is to demonstrate the ability to track a ground target with an infrared sensor from an airplane. The system is being developed within the Advance Technology Program`s Theater Missile Defense/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) section. The IRST payload consists of an Amber Radiance 1 infrared camera system, a computer, a gimbaled mirror, and a hard disk. The processor is a custom R3000 CPU board made by Risq Modular Systems, Inc. for LLNL. The board has ethernet, SCSI, parallel I/O, and serial ports, a DMA channel, a video (frame buffer) interface, and eight MBytes of main memory. The real-time operating system VxWorks has been ported to the processor. The application code is written in C on a host SUN 4 UNIX workstation. The IRST is the result of a combined effort by physicists, electrical and mechanical engineers, and computer scientists.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
145993
Report Number(s):
CONF-9411140-Absts.
ON: DE95017252; TRN: 95:007225-0043
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Imaging sciences workshop, Livermore, CA (United States), 15-16 Nov 1994; Other Information: PBD: 15 Nov 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Imaging sciences workshop; Candy, J.V.; PB: 101 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
44 INSTRUMENTATION, INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL MONITORING; ON-LINE SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; AIRCRAFT; REMOTE SENSING

Citation Formats

Ott, L. Infrared source test. United States: N. p., 1994. Web.
Ott, L. Infrared source test. United States.
Ott, L. 1994. "Infrared source test". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/145993.
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