Passive Ranging with a Team of Aircraft using Angle Only Tracks

This paper presents a passive-ranging algorithm with a team of aircraft operating with infrared search and track (IRST) systems. The angle-only track output from each aircraft is shared across other aircraft, and the passive ranging algorithm is developed. A nonlinear least squares problem is formul...

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Published in2023 Ninth Indian Control Conference (ICC) pp. 108 - 113
Main Authors Ailneni, Sanketh, Kashyap, Sudesh K, Naidu, V.P.S, Saraf, Amitabh, Sinha, N.K.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 18.12.2023
Subjects
Aircraft
AOF
Approximation algorithms
Distance measurement
IRST
Kalman Filter
Lagrangian Relaxation Algorithm
Likelihood Ratio
Measurement uncertainty
Monte Carlo methods
Munkers
Robustness
Target tracking
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Summary:This paper presents a passive-ranging algorithm with a team of aircraft operating with infrared search and track (IRST) systems. The angle-only track output from each aircraft is shared across other aircraft, and the passive ranging algorithm is developed. A nonlinear least squares problem is formulated with the associated angle-only tracks from each aircraft to estimate the target range. A heterogeneous angle-only track-to-track association algorithm is presented and a detailed fusion architecture is presented for multi-target angle-only track-to-track association. Simulations are carried out to check the robustness of the proposed algorithm for passive ranging.
DOI:10.1109/ICC61519.2023.10442050