LOCATE Evaluation Programme

Technical Information

Catalogue No:	M0181
Media Type:	Video Tape
Topic:	Surveillance (Sonar / Radar / CCTV)
Title:	LOCATE Evaluation Programme
Company:	Naval Weapons Center
Division:	Targeting [of US NWC]
Supplier:	Video Projects Office, Naval Weapons Center
Platform(s):
Date:	circa Aug 1988
Parameters:	Positive: Yes Colour: Yes Sound: Yes Physical Format: VHS video cassette Image Format: PAL video (625-line) Duration: 367 seconds Version: Reference: VP #88-066
Copies:	3
Location:	Cupboard MB (Tapes) [Media Room]

Notes:

LOCATE = Laser Detection for Obstacles and Cables and Terrain Evasion

There are two video tapes that each contain both the NATAL and LOCATE videos. The first tape's recording has been split into the two parts, A & B, named M0180A1 & M0180B1 and the second tape has parts named M0180A2 & M0180B2. A third video tape only contains the LOCATE video.

Consequently, the first tape is labelled M0180A1+M0180B1, the second one M0180A2+M0180B2 and the third one M0180B3

This record just shows the LOCATE part and the related one just shows the NATAL part.

Although this video is unclassified, it cannot be made available here since the RAA has does not have permission to do so.

The following addional caption details are present in the video:

Captions A
Naval Air Systems Command: Code 5493; AV 222-1735
Naval Weapons Center: Code 31506; AV 437-3583

Captions B
CO2 Laser Radar
• 50,000 pulses/sec
• Scanned Output
• Covert TFOA

Captions & Credits:

00:00 LOCATE
00:57 LOCATE
              Laser detection for
              Obstacles and Cables
              and Terrain Evasion
01:06 Foreign Weapons Evaluation of
           United Kingdom: Night Bird [plus Captions A in Notes]
01:29 Laser Obstable and Cable Update System (LOCUS)
           for Project Real Night [plus Captions B in Notes]
01:33 The LOCUS tests conducted at the Naval Air Test Center,
           Patuxent River, Maryland, August 1988
01:40 LOCUS Demonstration System
02:43 LOCUS; Laser TF ON; Radar
03:13 Cables not viisible on HUD before LOCUS engaged
03:18 CABLES >>>
           Cables viisible on HUD after LOCUS engaged
03:35 CABLES >>>
           Cables viisible to pilot with LOCUS at 1.8km
03:48 Future development includes 3 to 5km performance
04:00 Extracted data >
04:11 Cable imagery taken from NAVFLIR
04:17 Cables >
04:24 Cable detection range for LOCUS... 1.8km
04:28 Obstacle detections stored in computerized 3-D space
04:39 Images updated at 5 frames per second
05:11 Army, Air Force, Navy investigating Laser/Radar
           TF/DR for manned and unmanned aircraft
05:20 LOCUS Block Diagram
05:55 For further information on the LOCATE program, contact
           the Targeting Division at the Naval Weapons Center
06:03 TiD: Video Projects Office
           Technical Information Department
           Naval Weapons Center

Container Inscriptions:

[on M0180A1+M0180B1]
HF Keystone Film & Video Labs
NATAL & LOCATE
PAL(625)
Time: 5:00 & 6:30
WO#C12213
2/23/89
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[on M0180A2+M0180B2]
Film/Video Projects Branch, Naval Weapons Center
Title:NATAL and LOCATE
Classification: Unclassified
V.P. No. 88-138, 89-066
Running Time 5:00min, 6:00min
[NATO ID]
5836-01-141-2752
FSCM 88068 __ MFR/PN 189T1206CC
Tape, Video Recording
1 EA
DLA900-88-C-1410
A 9/88
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[on M0180B3]
GEC Avionics Audio Unit
VHS
LOCATE + 17/8/89 Overlay NTSC
Geoff Harvey