Performance Validation ![Air Traffic over Ft. Stewart]()
Silent Sentry™ participated in the All Services Combat Identification Evaluation Team (ASCIET) exercises from March 1-12, 1999, at Ft. Stewart, Georgia. The primary purpose of ASCIET exercises is to evaluate and assess technologies, tactics and procedures (TTP) utilized in combat identification. Assets of all four armed services are used in a complex combat environment. ASCIET also provides an opportunity to assess emerging technologies in a military environment.
Silent Sentry was sited for surveillance of opposing force aircraft over the Atlantic and during ingress to the exercise area on Ft. Stewart. Silent Sentry's mission planning tools were used to select three locations from which to operate, and the optimal set of broadcast stations at each site. During real-time operations, all signal data was recorded, and was later analyzed in comparison to ground truth track data.
Results
Silent Sentry's performance was successfully validated. Silent Sentry supported its sponsor by providing two dimensional track data real-time during operation.
Its mission planning tools and processes were validated by measuring all combinations of illuminators. This mission planning enabled an unplanned move to a new location without any difficulties.
The analysis of the ASCIET data verified that silent Sentry can detect and track aircraft with meaningful accuracy.