MILORD, an application of multifeature fusion for radar NCTR

Among the various topics addressed by data fusion, its application to target recognition by radar is one of major interest, because it is expected that good performance will come out from a process in which several complementary information sets are merged. Within the framework of the PEA (Programme d´Etudes Amont) called MILORD (Moyen d´Identification Lointaine d´Objectifs Radar De/spl acute/signe/spl acute/s), studies are currently being conducted for defining the different radar techniques to be used for the function of non-cooperative target recognition (NCTR) and to fuse these different techniques to obtain the best performance. This paper summarises the current results which have been obtained so far in this domain.