Dr. Michael Minardi uses a touch screen August 31 to demonstrate synthetic aperture radar imagery captured during a previous test of the Gotcha radar system over Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Air Force Research Laboratory is developing Gotcha with the aid of an SGI Altix ICE 8200 supercomputer which will translate raw radar data in real-time into high-resolution 3-dimensional images. Gotcha is one of portfolio of research efforts to provide enhanced intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to future joint warfighters. Dr. Minardi is Gotcha program manager with AFRL’s Sensors Directorate. (U.S. Air Force photo/Charles Abruzzino)Air Force To Expand Gotcha Radar -- UPI
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force aims to make significant contributions in support of warfighters and counter-terrorism efforts through its supercomputer-based Gotcha radar.
Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directors used the SGI Altix ICE 8200 supercomputer to help the Gotcha radar process terabytes of streaming real-time data into high-resolution images.
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My Comment: A few months ago I wrote a post outlining the intelligence value of having a high end surveillance system (working with high end computer platforms) that could monitor a combat zone for any and all activity. I guess this is it.
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