DARPA counter-sniper program: Phase 1 Acoustic Systems Demonstration results

Edward M. Carapezza; David B. Law; Christina J. Csanadi

doi:10.1117/12.266752

18 February 1997 DARPA counter-sniper program: Phase 1 Acoustic Systems Demonstration results

Edward M. Carapezza, David B. Law, Christina J. Csanadi

Proceedings Volume 2938, Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence Systems for Law Enforcement; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.266752
Event: Enabling Technologies for Law Enforcement and Security, 1996, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

During October 1995 through May 1996, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency sponsored the development of prototype systems that exploit acoustic muzzle blast and ballistic shock wave signatures to accurately predict the location of gunfire events and associated shooter locations using either single or multiple volumetric arrays. The output of these acoustic systems is an estimate of the shooter location and a classification estimate of the caliber of the shooter's weapon. A portable display and control unit provides both graphical and alphanumeric shooter location related information integrated on a two- dimensional digital map of the defended area. The final Phase I Acoustic Systems Demonstration field tests were completed in May. These these tests were held at USMC Base Camp Pendleton Military Operations Urban Training (MOUT) facility. These tests were structured to provide challenging gunfire related scenarios with significant reverberation and multi-path conditions. Special shot geometries and false alarms were included in these tests to probe potential system vulnerabilities and to determine the performance and robustness of the systems. Five prototypes developed by U.S. companies and one Israeli developed prototype were tested. This analysis quantifies the spatial resolution estimation capability (azimuth, elevation and range) of these prototypes and describes their ability to accurately classify the type of bullet fired in a challenging urban- like setting.

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Edward M. Carapezza, David B. Law, and Christina J. Csanadi "DARPA counter-sniper program: Phase 1 Acoustic Systems Demonstration results", Proc. SPIE 2938, Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence Systems for Law Enforcement, (18 February 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.266752

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