00916nas a2200145   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100002100043700001700064700002200081245010300103300001000206490000600216520054800222       1999                            d1 aElisa Shahbazian1 aLouise Baril1 aJean-Rémi Duquet00aOptimization of the Multi-Source Data Fusion System for Integration on the Canadian Patrol Frigate  a12-220 v23 a<p>This article describes how Canada's Halifax Class Canadian Patrol Frigates (CPF) and CP-140 (Aurora) fixed wing aircraft are to be upgraded with optimized multi-source data fusion systems (MSDF), in order to better deal with the more demanding threat and mission environments that will exist in the future. The article describes in detail the efforts to restructure and optimize the proof-of-concept MSDF algorithms in order to build and demonstrate a new real-time prototype for tracking and identification by the end of the year 2000.</p>