Air Force sensor-fusion project to blend radar and electro-optical technologies.

The article reports on the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's sensor-fusion program that aims to enhance the effectiveness of surveillance radar by blending electro-optical technologies like visible-light, infrared, multispectral and hyperspectral sensors. The five-year Precision Real-time Engagement Combat Identification Sensor Exploitation project plans to improve current radar technologies through signal processing, alternative bandwidths and similar approaches, aside from fusing sensors.