DocumentCode :
2332188
Title :
Practical trade-offs in fusion architecture design
Author :
Shahbazian, E.
Author_Institution :
Lockheed Martin Canada, Montreal, Que., Canada
Volume :
1
fYear :
2000
fDate :
10-13 July 2000
Abstract :
Since 1991, the Research and Development (R&D) group at Lockheed Martin Canada (LM Canada) has been developing and demonstrating the application of Multi-Source Data Fusion (MSDF) techniques for target tracking and identification within the Naval Command and Control (C2) for the HALIFAX Class frigates. The current C2 as well as the sensor suite of the HALIFAX Class were designed in the early 80s. For its time, the ship C2 architecture was both revolutionary and advanced. It has fully integrated and distributed C2, capable of combining information from all the data sources available on the frigate and presenting this information to all operators responsible for various sensor/weapon management and control taskS. While this system is very capable of supporting modern warfare, it is apparent that it must evolve to keep up with the advancements in threat and sensor technologies as well as to be able to cope with the increased information flow in a Network Centric Warfare. This paper provides a summary analyses performed for the selection of the Data Fusion architectures which would be most appropriate for the HALIFAX Class C2.
Keywords :
command and control systems; naval engineering computing; sensor fusion; target tracking; C2 architecture; HALIFAX Class frigates; Lockheed Martin Canada; Naval Command and Control; fusion architecture design; multi-source data fusion; target identification; target tracking; weapon management; Command and control systems; Decision support systems; Knowledge based systems; Marine vehicles; Performance analysis; Research and development; Resource management; Sensor systems; Synthetic aperture radar; Testing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Information Fusion, 2000. FUSION 2000. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris, France
Print_ISBN :
2-7257-0000-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IFIC.2000.862655
Filename :
862655
Link To Document :
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