ISR Systems and Technology

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More about the ISR Systems and Technology mission

• Accomplishments over the past year
• Future outlook and focus for upcoming year

Technical Groups

See descriptions of the technical groups in the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems and Technology mission area. Descriptions of all technical divisions can be found on the Organization of Technical Divisions page.

HPEC Workshop

The annual High Performance Embedded Computing Workshop discusses work relevant to real-time embedded computing and related military applications.

ISR Workshop

The annual Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Systems and Technology Workshop is a new forum focused on developments in ISR, sensing and exploitation, as well as effective sensor data analysis tools. This workshop discusses near- to far-term capabilities critical to the warfighter, intelligence, and homeland protection communities.

The Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Systems and Technology mission conducts research and development into advanced sensing, signal and image processing, automatic target classification, decision support systems, and high-performance computing. By leveraging these disciplines, the Laboratory produces novel ISR system concepts for both surface and undersea surveillance applications. Sensor technology for ISR includes passive and active electro-optical systems, surface surveillance radar, radio-frequency geolocation, and undersea acoustic surveillance. Increasingly, the work extends from sensors and sensor platforms to include the processing, exploitation, and dissemination architectures that connect sensors to operational users. Prototype ISR systems developed from successful concepts are then transitioned to industry and the user community.

The 3D imagery of the Space Shuttle Explorer at the Kennedy Space Center complex in Florida was created from data acquired by the Airborne Ladar Imaging Research Testbed (ALIRT) system.

Leadership for ISR Systems and Technology

Dr. Robert T-I. Shin

Mr. Robert A. Bond

Dr. William D. Ross