Crosshairs

Program Manager: Dr. Karen Wood

Overview

The Crosshairs program seeks to develop a vehicle mounted, threat detection, and countermeasure system that will detect, locate, and engage enemy shooters against a variety of threats to include bullets, Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs), Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGMs), and direct fired mortars, both stationary and on the move.  Threat identification and localization will be accomplished in sufficient time to enable both automatic and man-in-the-loop responses.  Phase I of the program focused on initial development and testing of the Crosshairs sensor system.  Phase IA culminated with a static live fire test to determine the most effective candidate sensor system.  During Phase IB, enhancements were made to the sensor system for on the move performance, and on the move testing against multiple threats was conducted.  DARPA and the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force (REF) have entered into an MOA for Phase IIA.  Phase IIA consists of a moving demonstration of the hardened, packaged, and enhanced Phase I sensor system on two networked HMMWVs (Humvee), integration with candidate response systems, and testing and evaluation of the complete systems in relevant environments.  The goal of Phase IIB will be to integrate the final Crosshairs system with an appropriate active protection system (APS).

Last Updated: 02/18/08