DATE: November 1986
SEVENTH DRAFT
NATO STANDARDIZATION AGREEMENT (STANAG)
DEFINITION OF NOMINAL STATIC RANGE PERFORMANCE FOR THERMAL IMAGING SYSTEMS
Annex A: .Procedure for the determination of the performance.
Annex B: Procedure for the determination of the average MRTD.
Related Documents: NATO nr ELT 65 : Operations at night and in limited visibility by the Eurogroup land forces in the post-1990 period (FINABEL Report nr 3.R.17).
AIM
1. The aim of this agreement is to provide standardized technical criteria for the definition of nominal static range performance for thermal imaging systems to be used for ground targets seen from the surface or from slightly elevated positions, in order to compate the performance of different systems.
VALIDITY
2. There are many variables which affect the performance of termal imaging systems. In order that different systems may be easily compared, a standard set of conditions needs to be defined as a basis on which performance calculations can be made."Nominal range performance"is the term applied to the range calculated under these standard conditions.The standard conditions have been chosen to be reasonably representative of conditions experienced in the field.
The task considered is that of static performance, no search, where the target location is within the field of view of the device and the observer has infinite time to find the target.
The procedure described is only valid for thermal imaging systems where the MRTD concept is defined (e.g. for properly sampled systems)and only applies to ground targets seen from the surface or from slightly elevated positions.
The applicable spectral ranges are 3 - 5 μm or 8 - 14 μm, or parts of these ranges.
AGREEMENT
3. Participating nations agree +hat the criteria established in the following paragraphs will apply when stating nominal static range performance for thermal imaging systems in relevant military and technical documents.
IMPREMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT
7. This STANAG is Implemented when a' nation has 18sued instructions that the nominal static range performance. of thermal imaging systems will be calculated in accordance with this STANAG.
