Abstract

It has been an increased demand on sensor performance and multisensor processing in the modern battlefield. The rapidly growing electro-optic technology, manifested in e.g. image intensifiers, thermal imagers and range finders, has improved the overall performance with respect to all-time, all-weather operations. Still, high false alarm rates and poor recognition capabilities are critical issues that now are addressed by multisensor concepts. The coherent laser radar can give additional observables that can improve on the analysis substantially. New type of information will also make extended operations possible.

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