Target Area Georeference Algorithm for Evaluating the Impact of High-Speed Weapon

Abstract

Evaluation of air-to-ground shooting exercises using Weapon Scoring System (WSS) is very important for the military to achieve Network Centric Warfare (NCW). Effective NCW requires WSS that can quickly and accurately evaluate all personnel shooting from several heading directions in real-time. Most current monitoring system used in training fighter only aims to assess the ability of pilot. Additionally, the system focuses on the position of the impact point of bomb/rocket explosions in the shooting range, typically fired from a single heading direction. However, the development of WSS currently faces several challenges, including the suboptimal production of bomb/rocket trajectories by single camera calibration algorithm for the target shooting area, lack of synchronization with geo-coordinates (latitude, longitude), and inability to evaluate shots from various directions. Therefore, this research aimed to develop a Target Area Georeference Algorithm (TAGA) using computer vision, specifically 12-03-06-09 elliptical calibration, to monitor and evaluate air-to-ground shooting exercises with high-speed weapons. The result successfully identified the position of bomb/rocket explosion point, its distance from the center point, the angle of the rocket, and the accuracy of bomb/rocket trajectory to the impact point according to geo-coordinates, based on variations in shot headings. Typically, TAGA facilitated the evaluation of the capabilities of various participants in the exercise, including the pilot's ability, the aircraft preparation team, the weapons team, the aircraft's avionics system, as well as the quality of air weapons and bombs/rockets. Finally, the algorithm contributed to accelerating the realization of NCW by providing more accurate shot analysis, which could be quickly communicated to the Commander and all training components, regardless of their location.

Keywords

• bomb and rocket
• computer vision
• georeference
• trajectory
• weapon scoring system