Geometry and sensitivity weighted dynamic multi-sensor selection system and method

A system for selecting a sub-set of a plurality of available sensors to guide an interceptor to a target, comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium;
• and
• a processor in communication with the computer readable storage medium, the processor configured to:
• characterize a quality of position estimate received from each of the plurality of available sensors;
• project the positioning errors of the sensors onto a plane normal to a line-of-sight of the interceptor;
• and
• select the sub-set of the plurality of available sensors based on the projection of positioning errors.

A machine readable storage medium encoded with program code, wherein when the program code is executed by a processor, the processor performs a method, the method comprising:

• characterizing a quality of position estimate received from each of the plurality of available sensors;
• projecting the positioning errors of the sensors onto a plane, the plane being normal to a line-of-sight of the interceptor;
• and
• selecting the sub-set of the plurality of available sensors based on the projection of positioning errors.