Selection of a suitable Operational Site (Op Site) for the launch and recovery of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) is critical to the success of any UAS mission. Op Site Selection is a tactical mission task in which a UAS unit prepares a plan for the intended site and equipment locations before emplacing the system. To identify potentially suitable locations and eliminate unsuitable areas, the Operational Site Selection process must first ...
Data fusion systems are being increasingly used to support military planning, decision making, and command and control functions in general. Typically, these systems are designed around the current capabilities of particular data collectors (e.g., sensors) and available processing algorithms. These algorithms incorporate an ontology that reflects the designer's perception of key concepts in the world (e.g., types of threats, classes of vehicles to be tracked) and how these can be ...