Systems and methods of tracking a beam-aspect target are provided. In embodiments,
a target is tracked with a Kalman filter while detections are received. After a
detection is missed, the Kalman filter may be concurrently propagated with a blind-zone
particle filter until a probability that the target is in a blind zone exceeds
a threshold. When the probability exceeds the threshold, the Kalman filter may
refrain from further propagating. After a gated detection is received, the blind-zone
particle filter and an unrestricted-zone particle filter may be concurrently propagated
while a probability that the target is in an unrestricted zone exceeds a threshold.
The system may return to tracking with the Kalman filter when a covariance of the
unrestricted-zone particle filter falls below a predetermined covariance.