ASR-12: a next generation solid state air traffic control radar

Author

Cole, E.L. ; DeCesare, P.A. ; Martineau, M.J. ; Baker, R.S. ; Buswell, S.M.

Author_Institution

Electron. Sensors & Syst. Div., Northrop Grumman, Baltimore, MD, USA

fYear

1998

Firstpage

9

Lastpage

14

Abstract

A new breed of terminal radar has been developed by Northrop Grumman that injects not only solid state technology but a host of other technological advancements to improve upon the performance capabilities of the present generation of terminal radars. The radar design was built upon the ASR-9 Moving Target Detection (MTD) technology due to it´s superior Doppler resolution capabilities resulting in a solid state radar with the fourth generation of the MTD concept. This paper discusses the technologies developed for the new terminal radar and dwells on an important factor that is often overlooked-the human interface

Keywords

air traffic control; airports; graphical user interfaces; microwave circuits; open systems; radar applications; radar computing; radar detection; search radar; software portability; ASR-9 Moving Target Detection; ATC; COTS hardware; Doppler resolution; Northrop Grumman; airport surveillance radar; human interface; open system architecture; performance; portable software; radar design; solid state air traffic control radar; solid state power generation; solid state technology; terminal radar; Air traffic control; Automatic speech recognition; Computer architecture; Doppler radar; Object detection; Power generation; Radar detection; Radio frequency; Solid state circuits; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 1998. RADARCON 98. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4492-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NRC.1998.677969

Filename

677969