Automatic tracking of active sonar data is an important component in the signal and information processing chain that enables effective surveillance performance. Multi-sensor fusion (of which multistatics is a special case) provides additional benefits, provided care is taken in terms of sensor threshold settings, system calibration, and fusion architecture selection. The NURC DMHT enables an optimized selection of processing architecture.

Inspec keywords: calibration; target tracking; sonar tracking; search radar; sonar signal processing; sensor fusion

Other keywords: multisensor fusion; sensor threshold settings; surveillance performance; fusion architecture selection; automatic active sonar data tracking; signal processing; processing architecture; information processing chain; system calibration; NURC DMHT; multiwaveform active sonar tracking

Subjects: Sonar and acoustic radar; Signal processing and detection; Sensing devices and transducers; Oceanographic and hydrological techniques and equipment