Eglin virtual range database for hardware-in-the-loop testing

Sunjay E. Talele; J. Warren Pickard Jr.; Monte A. Owens; Joseph Foster; John S. Watson; Mary Amenda Amick; Kenneth Anthony

doi:10.1117/12.316371

13 July 1998 Eglin virtual range database for hardware-in-the-loop testing

Sunjay E. Talele, J. Warren Pickard Jr., Monte A. Owens, Joseph Foster, John S. Watson, Mary Amenda Amick, Kenneth Anthony

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Proceedings Volume 3368, Technologies for Synthetic Environments: Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing III; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.316371
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1998, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Realistic backgrounds are necessary to support high fidelity hardware-in-the-loop testing. Advanced avionics and weapon system sensors are driving the requirement for higher resolution imagery. The model-test-model philosophy being promoted by the T&E community is resulting in the need for backgrounds that are realistic or virtual representations of actual test areas. Combined, these requirements led to a major upgrade of the terrain database used for hardware-in-the-loop testing at the Guided Weapons Evaluation Facility (GWEF) at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. This paper will describe the process used to generate the high-resolution (1-foot) database of ten sites totaling over 20 square kilometers of the Eglin range. this process involved generating digital elevation maps from stereo aerial imagery and classifying ground cover material using the spectral content. These databases were then optimized for real-time operation at 90 Hz.

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Sunjay E. Talele, J. Warren Pickard Jr., Monte A. Owens, Joseph Foster, John S. Watson, Mary Amenda Amick, and Kenneth Anthony "Eglin virtual range database for hardware-in-the-loop testing", Proc. SPIE 3368, Technologies for Synthetic Environments: Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing III, (13 July 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.316371

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