TACMSI: A novel multi-look multispectral imager for maritime minedetection

摘要

Airborne EO imagery, including wideband, hyperspectral, and multispectral modalities, has greatly enhanced the ability of the ISR community to detect and classify various targets of interest from long standoff distances and with large area coverage rates. The surf zone is a dynamic environment that presents physical and operational challenges to effective remote sensing with optical systems. In response to these challenges, BAE Systems has developed the Tactical Multispectral (TACMSI) system. The system includes a VNIR six-band multispectral sensor and all other hardware that is used to acquire, store and process imagery, navigation, and supporting metadata on the airborne platform. In conjunction with the hardware, BAE Systems has innovative data processing methods that exploit the inherent capabilities of multi-look framing imagery to essentially remove the overlying clutter or obscuration to enable EO visualization of the objects of interest.