The Advanced Measurements Optical Range (AMOR) began operations in 1978 with a mission to measure ladar target
signatures of ballistic missiles and to advance the understanding of object features useful for discrimination of reentry
vehicles from decoy objects. Ground breaking ladar technology developments and pioneering ladar target signature
studies were completed in the early years of AMOR operations. More recently, AMOR functions primarily as a user test
facility measuring ladar signatures of a diverse set of objects such as reentry vehicles and decoys, missile bodies, and
satellite materials as well as serving as a ladar sensor test-bed to recreate realistic missile defense engagement scenarios
to exercise and test missile seeker technologies. This paper gives a status report on current AMOR capabilities including
the optical system, target handling system, laser systems, and data measurement types. Plans for future facility
enhancements to provide improved service to ladar data users in the modeling and simulation field and to ladar system
developers with requirements for advanced test requirements are also reported.
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