Patent ID: 7081849

Claim:
A process for tracking nominated moving vehicles and at least one other vehicle by means of a radar system within an aircraft, the radar having moving target indicator, high range resolution and high update rate modes of operation, the process comprising the steps: tracking the kinematic quality of the vehicles by calculating position, heading, and speed uncertainty of the vehicles and providing a first set of scores therefore; collecting data needed for future required disambiguations by calculating the usefulness and neediness of identification measurements of all tracked vehicles and providing a second set of scores therefore; collecting required data needed for immediate disambiguation by calculating the usefulness and neediness of identification measurements of all ambiguous tracked vehicles and providing a third set of scores therefore; selecting the highest over all score of from said first, second and third scores; and cueing the radar to track the vehicle with the highest over all score to operate in the high update rate mode or, high range resolution mode, or moving target indictor mode depending upon which score is the highest score.