Maneuvering Target Tracking with ESM Sensor

Abstract

This paper addresses the maneuvering target tracking with a single ESM sensor where only the bearing and elevation measurements are available and used for the target trajectory estimation. In single ESM tracking system the maneuvers of observer platform are required for the observability. The maneuver detection procedure for ESM tracking system is based on NIS. In view of the nonlinearity of the measurement equation, the two-stage extended Kalman filter (EKF) is used for target trajectory estimation. A simulation scenario illustrated the effectiveness of our algorithm.

Bearings‐only target motion analysis of a highly manoeuvring target

“…An ESM sensor provides both azimuth and elevation of a target. Quan et al of [19] considered tracking a manoeuvring target with a single ESM sensor. They considered the case where the target moves in sea or Earth surface with manoeuvres not sharply.…”

Locating an Underwater Target Using Angle-Only Measurements of Heterogeneous Sonobuoys Sensors with Low Accuracy

“…Bearings-only measurements can be further utilized for tracking a moving target [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 ]. Multiple turn models, such as the Interacting Multiple Model (IMM), were utilized to track a maneuvering target based on bearings-only measurements [ 19 , 24 ].…”

Filter re‐start strategy for angle‐only tracking of a highly manoeuvrable target considering the target's destination information

“…Various filters [7, 10–21] were developed for tracking a manoeuvring target. Kim [21] addressed the problem of making a constant velocity (CV) observer track a manoeuvring target using inequality constraints.…”