Tracking and Detection
The format distinguishes 2 types of data: tracking and detection.
Data inside tracks and detection is organized in record sets
(called tracks and detection sets, respectively).
Tracking
Tracking is used for targets that the C-UAS has locked on and is actively tracking their positions. These records should describe the trajectory of a specific target.
When the system locks on a target and starts to track its position, the system should log each continuous track as an element of
tracks. In the case of a target coming in and out of view, each continuous track should be logged separately under the sameuas_id, as a way to link the tracks.
Detection
Detection is used for sporadic detections without a clear spatial or
temporal relation and thus can't be considered to be tracked.
This does not include tracks that are momentarily lost and picked up later.
Targets aren't required to be identified to be part of a record, only detected.
When these systems detect potential targets, the system should log each unique target as a different detection set (members of
detection). In the case of entities not properly identified as a unique target, they should omit theuas_idparameter.