Infrared Search and Track Installation Instructions and User's Guide. DoD HPC Modernization Program (CHSSI SIP-8)

Abstract : The purpose of the Common High Performance Computing Software Support Initiative (CHSSI) Infrared Search and Track for Missile Surveillance (IRST) SIP-8 project is to provide a scalable, high performance capability for developing infrared surveillance algorithms. The basis for this effort is the Distributed Algorithm Stream (DAS) software package previously developed by the Airborne Infrared Measurement Systems (AIRMS) program, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Sensor Technology Office (STO) from 1989 through 1996. The AIRMS program demonstrated the longwave infrared (LWIR) sensor and signal processing technology necessary to detect dim targets at ranges of up to 300 nautical miles against cluttered backgrounds.