| 摘要 |
A method, apparatus and system are provided to permit an aerial asset to determine its current location and to, in turn, locate and track a target even as efforts are made by others to jam or otherwise hinder offboard communications that may prevent reliance upon GPS or other positioning systems. A method includes receiving, at a navigation control vehicle, information regarding the relative position of a target with respect to each of the at least two sonobuoys. The method also determines a relative position of the target with respect to the navigation control vehicle at least partially based on the information regarding the relative position of the target with respect to each of the at least two sonobuoys. The method provides information regarding the relative position of the target to an aerial asset to facilitate location of the target by the aerial asset. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a receiver of a navigation control vehicle, information regarding a relative position of a target with respect to each of at least two sonobuoys; determining, with a processor, the relative position of the target with respect to the navigation control vehicle at least partially based on the information regarding the relative position of the target with respect to each of the at least two sonobuoys; and providing information, with a transmitter, regarding the relative position of the target with respect to the navigation control vehicle to an aerial asset comprising a master aerial vehicle, remote from the navigation control vehicle, to facilitate location of the target by the aerial asset, wherein the aerial asset is configured to generate a composite multi-dimensional representation of the target based on a combination of radar data received from other aerial assets that have collected projections over an area in which the target is located as well as radar data collected by the master aerial vehicle, wherein the master aerial vehicle is further configured to identify the target based on the composite multi-dimensional representation, and to generate aimpoint data regarding the target based on an identity of the target. |
