Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel
Start Date
29-4-1998 8:00 AM
Description
The Air Force Research Laboratory Integrated Space Technology Demonstrations (ISTD) program office has partnered with Orbital Science Corporation to complement the commercial OrbView satellite’s high-resolution panchromatic imaging and Multispectral imaging (MSI) systems with a high resolution hyperspectral imaging (HSI) spectrometer camera. The program is an advanced technology demonstration utilizing a commercially based space capability with unique functionality in a remote sensing technology. This leveraging of commercial industry to perform the Warfighter-1 contract utilizes the precepts of acquisition reform [1]. By exploiting the latest commercial technology and using streamlined acquisition practices in concert with traditional American know-how, the Air Force is acquiring the finest space systems for our warfighters with the best value for the United States.
The HSI system will be able to detect targets from the spectral signature measured by the HSI camera. The Warfighter-1 program will also demonstrate the utility of the spectral information to theater military commanders and intelligence analysts by transmitting HSI data directly to a mobile ground station that receives and processes the data. This paper presents the details of the Warfighter-1 User Utility activities to demonstrate both the technology of HSI and the real-time tasking capabilities of the system.
Paper Session II-C - Warfighter-1: User Utility Activities
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel
The Air Force Research Laboratory Integrated Space Technology Demonstrations (ISTD) program office has partnered with Orbital Science Corporation to complement the commercial OrbView satellite’s high-resolution panchromatic imaging and Multispectral imaging (MSI) systems with a high resolution hyperspectral imaging (HSI) spectrometer camera. The program is an advanced technology demonstration utilizing a commercially based space capability with unique functionality in a remote sensing technology. This leveraging of commercial industry to perform the Warfighter-1 contract utilizes the precepts of acquisition reform [1]. By exploiting the latest commercial technology and using streamlined acquisition practices in concert with traditional American know-how, the Air Force is acquiring the finest space systems for our warfighters with the best value for the United States.
The HSI system will be able to detect targets from the spectral signature measured by the HSI camera. The Warfighter-1 program will also demonstrate the utility of the spectral information to theater military commanders and intelligence analysts by transmitting HSI data directly to a mobile ground station that receives and processes the data. This paper presents the details of the Warfighter-1 User Utility activities to demonstrate both the technology of HSI and the real-time tasking capabilities of the system.
Comments
Session Chairman: Major Scott Swanson, USAF, Director of Launch Systems Acquisition and Operations
Session Organizer: Frank Aderton