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6.0SensorTechnology

6.1IntroductionandTechnologyOverview

ThissectionreviewsthesensortechnologyareasthatwefeelwillbecrucialfortheAir

Forceinthecomingdecades.Wefocusonareaswhereweexpectsubstantialchangefrom

currentAirForcesystempractice;areaswhereweexpectevolutionaryimprovementsare

discussedmorebrieflywhentheyarediscussedatall.Wediscussthecurrentstatusofthe

technologies,whatdevelopmentswecanexpectfromcommercialefforts,andwhattheAir

Forceshoulddotoassurethatitsneedswillbemet.

Therearetwosourcesforthetechnologyareasweconsider.Oneisthetechnologyneeded

forthesensorsystemconceptspresentedinSection5ormentionedinSection4.Asummaryis

presentedinTable6-1.Thereareseveralthemesthatemergefromthetable.Oneistheimportance

ofsmallsensorsforavarietyofphenomenologies.Thisisfortworeasons:tofitthesensorson

UAVsorsmall(lowcost)satellitesthatcanprovidecontinualcoverageandtoallowsensors

thatmustbeclosetotheregionsbeinginvestigatedtobeimplantedinasmallcovert,package.

Section6.2.1discussestechnologyforMEMSandSection6.2.7discussesminiaturesensorsfor

detectingchemicalandbiologicalwarfareagents.Onefeaturethatthesesensorshaveincommon

istheuseoffabricationtechniquesderivedfromthemicroelectronicsindustryandonchip

placement.Thisoffersthelikelihoodoflowcostandtheabilitytointegrateeasilyintodigital

signalprocessingsystems.Section6.2.6discussessensorconceptsandtechnologyforimplanting

thesensorsandcommunicatingwiththeminacovertfashion.Section6.2.10discussesthe

relatedideaofimplantingtags,whichcanbedetectedremotelytoenabletheAirForcetotrack

keytargets.

TherearealsoneedsforimprovementsintheRFandEOsensorsthathavetraditionally

beenthecoreoftheAirForcessensory