Moving target indication (MTI) system

A computer readable medium configured to store instructions that, when executed, implement a method for providing moving target indication (MTI), the method comprising:

• receiving geography data associated with a geographic scene of interest;
• receiving a plurality of time-sampled location indicators associated with an approximate location of a moving target in the geographic scene of interest at each of a respective plurality of sampling times;
• storing the plurality of time-sampled location indicators in a memory;
• assigning each of the plurality of time-sampled location indicators that correspond to the location of the moving target a height relative to the approximate location of the moving target on the geographic scene of interest that corresponds to a separate one of the respective plurality of sampling times;
• superimposing each of the plurality of time-sampled location indicators onto the geography data at the location of the moving target in the geographic scene of interest and at the respective height associated with the respective one of the plurality of sampling times to provide a moving target indicator;
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• displaying the geographic scene of interest with the moving target indicator on a monitor.

A moving target indication (MTI) system comprising:

• an MTI data processor that receives time-sampled location indicators associated with an approximate location of a moving target in a geographic scene of interest at each of respective sampling times via a radar system and that generates a moving target indicator associated with the moving target based on the time-sampled location indicators, the moving target indicator comprising a set of the time-sampled location indicators that each correspond to the approximate location of the moving target in the geographic scene of interest at each of the respective sampling times, the MTI data processor further assigns each of the set of the time-sampled location indicators associated with the moving target indicator a height relative to the approximately location of the moving target on the geographic scene of interest that corresponds to a separate one of the respective sampling times;
• a memory that stores the time-sampled location indicators;
• an image integrator that receives the moving target indicator associated with the moving target, that receives image data associated with the geographic scene of interest, and that superimposes the moving target indicator into the geography data as a three-dimensional moving target indicator at an approximate geographic location of the moving target;
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• a monitor that displays the three-dimensional moving target indicator superimposed on the image data at the approximate geographic location of the moving target.