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Welcomes theCivil Air PatrolNaval Research LaboratoryAir Force Research LaboratoryU.S. Coast Guard
ARCHER Meeting - AgendaI INTRODUCTIONSII OPENING REMARKS
– CONTRACTOR– CAP
III NOVASOL– OVERVIEW– SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
IV TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS– ATG– CONTRACTOR
V FACILITIES– TOUR– Q AND A.
VI CONTRACT CLAUSES AND PROVISIONS– LGC– CONTRACTOR
VII CONTRACT SIGNING– LGC– CONTRACTOR
VIIICONCLUSION
III. OVERVIEW, SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
• Who is NovaSol? Karins
• NovaSol's Current Programs Karins
• The ARCHER System– System Description Even– Airborne Sensor Suite Even– Airborne Power System Even– Airborne Processing System Mills– ARCHER Ground Station Mills– Aircraft Integration Even
Who is NovaSol?
Dr. Jim Karins, President & CEO
The ARCHER System
System Description Airborne Sensor Suite Airborne Power System
Detlev Even,Deputy Director Sensor Systems
What Is ARCHER?• Airborne Real-time Cueing Hyperspectral
Enhanced Recon• Airborne, dual-sensor optical system with
real time processing support to enhance the CAP’s mission capabilities in the areas of
– Search and Rescue– Drug Interdiction– Disaster Relief– Homeland Security
• System includes Ground Station for post-processing of acquired sensor data
ARCHER Block DiagramAirborne Real-time Cueing Hyperspectral Enhanced Recon
HSI
Pan
Frame GrabberFrame Grabber
ARCHER Processing Unit
Serial I/OSerial I/O
GPSIMU
PanMonitor
HSIMonitor
2 PENTIUM2 PENTIUM
2 Mercury G42 Mercury G4
VideoVideo
RemovableStorage
RemovableStorage
Frame GrabberFrame Grabber
HSIHSI
PanPan
Frame GrabberFrame Grabber
ARCHER Processing Unit
Serial I/OSerial I/O
GPSIMU
PanMonitor
HSIMonitor
2 PENTIUM2 PENTIUM
2 Mercury G42 Mercury G4
VideoVideo
RemovableStorage
RemovableStorage
Frame GrabberFrame Grabber
ARCHER Components
DALSA Piranha 2Linescanner BEI C-MIGITS III
GPS/IMU
NovaSol 1100-2HSI System
NovaSol 1100-2HSI Systems
Quad ProcessorComputer System
PVPAEO Power Supply Unit
NovaSol 1100-2HSI System
AVT-18FPRM-VFlat Screens
ARCHER In-Flight Sensor ARCHER In-Flight Processing
DALSA Piranha 2Linescanner BEI C-MIGITS III
GPS/IMU
NovaSol 1100-2HSI System
NovaSol 1100-2HSI Systems
Quad ProcessorComputer System
PVPAEO Power Supply Unit
NovaSol 1100-2HSI System
AVT-18FPRM-VFlat Screens
ARCHER In-Flight Sensor ARCHER In-Flight Processing
ARCHER Sensor Requirements
CAP Requirement ARCHER Specification
1 km swath at 5,000 ft AGL0.5 km swath at 2,500 ft AGL
36 deg FOV
Speed: 90 – 110 knots Frame Rate 40-120 Hz
Spec. Range: 500-1000 nm 500 – 1000 nm
Spectral resolution 10-15 nm 12 nm (42 bands)
Spatial Resolution 1 m GSD 1 m GSD
SNR: 100:1Calibration: Relative pre-flight and
in-flight
> 100: 1
Panchromatic: Ground resolution 4 – 8 inches
Ground Resolution 3.2 - 6.4 inches(6144 pixels across track)
NovaSol 1100-2 HSI System
Fold Mirror Collimating Mirror
Focusing Mirror
Grating Filter
Foreoptics
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)
500 600 700 800 900 10000
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Special ed 102703 SNR PES vol 13
15% target, DFPA 20% target, DFPA
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Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)
500 600 700 800 900 1000
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SE SNR Charts 013103 vol 13
5% target albedo 15% 20%
1M15 Double FPA
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NovaSol 1100-2 HSI System
• Proven, rugged system: NovaSol has sold 10 systems to 4 different customers over the past 4 years
• All systems are airborne, all vis systems have worked without a single failure
Piranha-2 Panchromatic Imager
• 6144 x 1 pixels• Up to 12 kHz frame
rate(720 Hz required)
• 8 bit resolution• CameraLink interface• More compact,
affordable than full-frame camera
C-MIGITS 3 INS
• Meets or exceeds accuracy requirements for SEARCHERS' EDGE
• Work on software interface can commence immediately (NovaSol has in-house unit)
• Antenna interface needs to be determined
NovaSol Flight for NASA
Hanauma Bay
Altitude: 2000 ft AGLGround Speed: 80 knts (~40 m/s)Frame Rate: 55 HzFOV: 30 deg (326 m swath)Spatial Resolution: 512 pixelsSpectral Resolution: 48 channels (400 – 900 nm)Ground Resolution: 0.6 m (2 ft)
Data Example - Kailua
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1 181 361 541 721 901 1081 1261 1441 1621 1801 1981 2161 2341 2521
Power Supply
• Custom power supply will guarantee efficient power conversion
• PVPAEO has built airborne power supplies for NASA, others
• Custom supply will minimize weight, volume of airborne system
Power Supply
Component Power Consumption
HSI System 21
HSI System 21
Panchromatic Line-scanner 10
C-MIGITS III 19
Differential Receiver 10
Computer System 280
Flat-Panel Screen 28
Flat-Panel Screen 28
Total 417
Airvan has 90 amps, 14 V alternators: 1260 W availableData supplied by Gippsland:
Flight Mode Power Consumption Available to Instrument (80%)
Day Cruise 39 amps -> 546 W 714 W (571 W)
Night Cruise 51 amps -> 714 W 546 W (436 W)
Night Taxi 60 amps -> 840 W 420 W (336 W)
Night t/o, landing 71 amps -> 994 W 266 W (213 W)
The ARCHER System
Airborne Processing System HardwareSoftwareConcepts of Operation
ARCHER Ground Station
Stuart Mills, Senior System Engineer
Airborne System Block Diagram
Airborne Processor
- Dual 2.4 GHz Xeon: - 1 Gigabyte ECC DDR RAM: - 200 GB Hard Disk: - Coreco PC-CamLink Frame Grabber: - Coreco PC-Dig Frame Grabber: - Mercury Vantage 7410 Dual 500 MHz G4: - Matrox Parhelia Multi-Monitor Graphics Card:
Airborne Power Supply19" Airborne Rack
c_migits :C-MIGITS III
rmHD1 :200GByteATA
Frames for remov able
EIDE
rmHD2 :200GByteATA
«sensor»
hsi :Dalsa 1M15
«sensor»
pan :Piranha2 P2-2x-06k40
«display»
hsi :Airborne LCD
«display»
pan :Airborne LCD
Keyboard mouse
Two removable HD
vga1
vga2
usb
usb
rs422
camera link
rs232
ARCHER Airborne Processor Hardware Overview
• Dual 2.4 GHz Xeon processors• 1 Gigabyte DDR memory• Two removable hard disks (200 Mbytes)• One internal hard disk (200 Mbytes)• Mercury Vantage 7410 with dual G4 processors• Matrox Parhelia Multi-Monitor AGP Graphics
Card • Coreco PC-DIG RS422 Frame Grabber• Coreco PC-CamLink Frame Grabber• Rugged Chassis
ARCHER MOTHERBOARD
ATX Motherboard 12” x 9.8”
ARCHER CPUs & Memory
• Dual 2.4 GHz Xeon Processors– 512 MByte cache– 533 MHz Front Side Bus
• 1 Gigabyte 266 MHz DDR memory– 4.27 GB/s bandwidth– Error correcting
• 8x/4x AGP Pro slot• Two 64 bit PCI slots• Two 32 bit PCI slots
ARCHER PCI & Storage Interfaces
• 4 Serial ATA ports• Dual EIDE ports Ultra DMA 100MB/s
– Supports 4 IDE devices
• Dual Gigabit Ethernet integrated on motherboard
• Two serial ports• Two USB 2.0 ports• PS/2 Keyboard and mouse ports
Motherboard System Health
• Monitors CPU core voltages & system power supply
• Monitors CPU, Chassis temperature• Monitors CPU & Chassis fans• CPU slow-down on temperature
overheat• Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting
Technology (SMART) • can help predict impending drive failures
Matrox Parhelia Graphics Card
• Optimized for 2D graphics display
• 512-bit GPU
• 256-bit DDR memory interface– 20 GB/s memory bandwidth
• 128MB DDR memory
• Triple-RGB, Dual-DVI, TV output
Mercury Vantage 7410• PCI version of VME boards used
in:– Spatial-Spectral Target Acquisition
& Reporting System (SSTARS) – Network Fusion Node (NFN)
Vantage 7410 Compute Node
• Two Compute Nodes each with:– G4 Processor@ 500 MHz
• 2 Mbytes L2 cache• Altivec unit supports peak rates of 4 GFLOPS/sec
– 256 Mbytes SDRAM• 1 Gbyte/sec bandwidth• Error Checking & Correcting
– DMA with pre-fetch & FIFO buffering• Processors focus on processing, not moving data
– PCI 64 Interface• 256 Mbytes/sec
Hyperspectral Frame Grabber
• Coreco PC-Dig-R– 4MB SGRAM image buffer
– 120MB/sec bus master transfer to host – RS-422 input up to 20 MHz pixel acquisition rates
– Two RS-232 serial ports
• provide camera function control and setup
Panchromatic Frame Grabber
• Coreco PC-CamLink– 120MB/sec bus master transfer to host – 16 MB on-board buffering
– Acquisition Rates up to 62.5 MHz
ARCHER LCD Displays
• Model AVT-18FPRM 18" a-Si Active Matrix TFT Color LCD
• Resolution: up to 1280 x 1024
• Display Colors: Unlimited colors
• Bright, high contrast display
ARCHER Hard Disks• 200 Gbyte HD drive• Ultra ATA/133 Data Transfer Speed • Average seek time: < 9.5 ms• Average latency: 4.2 ms• Rotational speed: 7200 RPM• 8MB Cache Buffer • Shock
– Operating 2 ms (G): 60– Non-operating 2 ms (G): 300
Hard Disk Frames & Carriers
• Allows user to insert/remove drives• Data Express DE110
– Mating connector rated at 25,000 or 35,000 insertions
– Rugged Steel & Aluminum Construction. – Lock ensures safe insert/remove
Archer Processor Chassis
• 4U 19” Rack-Mount• 19.76” deep• Steel Chassis• Aluminum front panel• ATX Motherboard• 3 accessible 5.25” drive bays• 1 accessible 3.5” drive bay (floppy)• 1 internal 3.5” drive bay• Door with EMKA Lock/Latch
Processor Reliability Enhancements
• Shock/vibration mounts to racks• Hold down bar for I/O cards
– Vibration damping
• Support bars for CPU heat sinks• Supports & vibration damping for
motherboard• Stabilant 22 for edge card connections
– Provides the reliability of a soldered joint without bonding the contacting surfaces together
ARCHER Operating Systems
• Windows XP– Used for GUIs, Storage & Data Capture
• Real time threads for – Acquiring imagery– Acquiring navigation data
• High priority threads for data storage
– Dual processors ensures meeting real-time goals
• Mercury MC/OS– Used for Hyperspectral Detection processing
• SubSpace Reed – Xiaoli (SSRX) Anomaly detection• Spectral Matched Filter detection
– MC/OS designed specifically for real-time signal processing
ARCHER Primary Processing Chain
CorrectHyperspectral Imagery
ExecuteSpectral Matched
Filtering Algorithm
ExecuteSSRX Algorithm
Library of MatchedFilters
Convert Detectionsto Lat Long
Acquire & StoreNavigation Data
Create High Res PanDisplay with overlay
High Res Pan withDetection Overlay
Display
Create HyperspectralWaterfall Display with
overlay
Constant False Alarm Rate Detector
HyperspectralWaterfall with
Detection OverlayDisplay
Acquire & StoreHigh Resolution
Panchromatic Data
Acquire & StoreHyperspectral Imagery
ARCHER HSI Display
• Hyperspectral Waterfall Display– 512 pixels x ~900 lines RGB
• Full spatial resolution• Operator selects which bands are used to
generate RGB
– Automatically scrolls during flight– Operator can scroll back up to one
minute in time– Detections are overlaid as they occur
ARCHER Panchromatic Display
• Panchromatic Waterfall Display– 1024 pixels x ~900 lines monochromatic
• 1/6th actual spatial resolution
– Automatically scrolls during flight– Operator can scroll back up to one minute in time– Detections are overlaid as they occur
• Pop up window contains lat, long, el & detection source
– Operator can click on panchromatic pixel to get full resolution pop-up
• Display interesting regions that are not detected• 256 x 256 nominal
ARCHER Chips Display
• Panchromatic Chip Display– Detection Chips
• Displayed in pan detection chips window– Nominal size is 256 x 256 pixels – Operator can scroll through detection chips
• Selecting detection chip loads filter into matched filter algorithm
– Matched Filter Chips• Displayed in pan matched filters chips window
– Decimated Detection Chip: 128 x 128 nominal– Maximum of 20 matched filters
ARCHER System Displays
• ARCHER Command & Status Window– User Inputs
• Initialize, Start, Stop, Shutdown• Select Profile
– Displays• Current flight data
– Lat, long, elevation, ground speed• ARCHER Processor Status & Errors
– Disk storage status– Disk errors, processing errors, camera interface errors
• Text print out of detections as they occur– Lat, Long, El, detection source
Ground Station Hardware
• Same as Airborne Processor except– No Mercury Vantage 7410– No frame grabbers– External Disk Enclosure
• Approach provides back-up capabilities for PC hardware
• Provides non-realtime execution of Airborne Processor algorithms
External Drive Chassis
• Ground Station External Drive Chassis– Supports up to 4 drives– Two 200 GB Hard Disks installed
• 400 Gbytes
Kingston StorCase Data Silo DS351 Rack
Playback Software
• Allows the operator to play back the data collected during a flight– Scenes are loaded from disk– Based on the NRTP developed for NRL– Same algorithms used on the Airborne
Processor – Allows the operator to adjust
parameters• Determine optimal settings for specific
missions
Data Conversion
• The Ground Station will have utilities to convert the collected imagery into standard formats– NITF (National Imagery Transfer Format, the
standard DoD format), – STANAG 7023 (a standard NATO format)– HDF (Hierarchal Data Format, used in
scientific processing)– ENVI/IDL compatible formats.
Geo-Rectification Utility
– Uses the 100 Hz navigation data and digital terrain models to create spatially accurate representations of the ground imaged by the sensor. • Corrects for variations in the aircraft
attitude that result in the sensor imaging off-nadir.
– Roll, Pitch, and Yaw
• Corrects for terrain variation (elevation)• Corrects for variations in altitude.
ARCHER Concept of Operation
• Pre-Flight operations– Install two 200 Gigabyte disks for current
flight– Select a profile
• Collection of system parameters
– Enter mission name– Initialize system– Calibrate sensors– Enable airborne processing
Concept of Operation (cont.)
• Flight operations– View Hyperspectral and Panchromatic displays
• Hyperspectral displayed full res• Decimated Pan displayed
– View detections and associated full resolution pan chips
– Select detections for matched filtering• Maximum of 20 simultaneous matched filters
– Select regions in the pan image to display as full resolution pop-ups
Concept of Operation (cont.)
• Post-Flight– Remove the two 200 Gigabyte disks– Install into the Ground Station for post-
flight analysis.– Playback the flight– Investigate impact of parameter changes– Save new parameters as a new profile– Copy the data to Ground Station storage
The ARCHER System
Aircraft InstallationOrganizational ChartTraining and Support
Detlev Even,Deputy Director Sensor Systems
Gippsland Airvan GA8
• Aircraft for ARCHER: Gippsland GA8 AIRVAN
• 8 seat aircraft• Large cargo doors
Sensor Bracket
Computer Rack
Certification
• DER Identified: National Test Pilot School (NTPS) in Mojave, CA
• Certified Airvan for U.S. market• All aircraft data on file• POC: Nadia Roberts• Promises easiest approach to get
ARCHER FAA certified in 4 months• Gippsland is already supporting
NovaSol: POC George Morgan
Organizational Chart
Detlev EvenProgram Manager
Ellery LumMechanical Engineering
Charles CarletonGeo-Registration
Seshagiri AlaAlgorithms
Software
Stuart MillsSystem Engineering
Sandy BuruscoUser Interface, I/O
Stanward OshiroElectrical Engineering
Chris WarrenOptical Engineering
Arleen VelascoSensor Assby. and Test
Evan RapoportTraining & Support
Nadia RobertsNTPS, FAA Cert.
Paul JohnsonField Support
Sandy OsborneDocumentation
Jim CummingsQuality Assurance
Training and Support
• Each system will be delivered with full documentation, training
• Web site will be developed for 24/7 tech support
• All questions will receive a reply within 24 hours
IV Technical Discussion