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Activity title

Future Multi-sensor Threat Defeat Concepts

Activity Reference

SCI-344

Panel

SCI

Security Classification

Other

Status

Active

Activity type

RTG

Start date

2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

End date

2025-03-02T00:00:00Z

Keywords

A2A, AirtoAir Missile AAM, AntiShip Cruise Missile ASCM, Countercountermeasures CCMs, Defensive Aid System DAS, ElectroOptical EO Countermeasures CMs, Infrared IR Countermeasures CMs, Mission Survivability, MultiSensor Fusion, Platform Survivability, Radio Frequency RF Countermeasures CMs, S2A, SurfacetoAir Missile SAM

Background

NATO’s current approach to developing Electronic Warfare (EW) countermeasures (CM) may be significantly challenged by the proliferation of future multi-sensor missile threats. Threats are beginning to utilise multi-sensor fusion in both the radio frequency (RF) and electro-optical (EO) domains to enhance their capabilities. Counter-countermeasures (CCM) based on multi-sensor fusion techniques will require the development of novel defeat mechanisms. SCI-ET-050 has identified both the need and desire for future multi-sensor threat defeat capabilities within NATO. The SCI-ET-050 community has produced a number of generic conceptual threat baselines and countermeasure approaches to address them. This research task group aims to continue the work set out by SCI-ET-050 by developing and evaluating various multi-sensor threat defeat concepts.

Objectives

The scientific objective of this research task group is to develop and evaluate approaches to defeating multi-sensor threat systems that utilise the fusion of RF and EO sensors to increase the survivability of air and maritime platforms. In order to address the future multi-sensor threat, a number of sensor-fusion based algorithms have been conceptualised by SCI-ET-050. This will allow NATO to gain a significant advantage by anticipating possible CCM techniques being utilised by future multi-sensor threats. The research task group will then be able to develop a number of potential defeat concepts and evaluate them in operationally relevant scenarios.

Topics

This activity will explore a broad range of potential solutions and will not be limited to the use of conventional countermeasure approaches. It is expected that existing, or developmental, EO and RF countermeasure techniques will form a portion of the concept space; however other approaches will be investigated (e.g. signature control or modification and amendments to Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs)). To achieve this, the research task group will require a series of modelling tools that may include modifications to existing EO and RF capabilities or require the development of a new model(s). The scope of this activity excludes man-In-the-loop threats and hard-kill defeat concepts; however, these may be considered by future RTGs. Although Threat Warning (TW) technologies will not be considered, TW requirements will be developed.

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