DocumentCode
1674388
Title
Airborne firefinder radar concept
Author
Sullivan, Roger J. ; Nicoll, Jeffrey F. ; Ralston, James M.
Author_Institution
Inst. for Defense Anal., Alexandria, VA, USA
fYear
1998
Firstpage
86
Lastpage
90
Abstract
An airborne firefinder radar (AFFR) is suggested for an upgraded version of the forthcoming Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The AFFR could detect an artillery shell within 1 second of firing and, within a few seconds, determine its trajectory origin location (position of the gun) to a circular error probable (CEP) of less than 50 meters. The AFFR could also be used as a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and for ground-moving target indication (GMTI)
Keywords
airborne radar; military equipment; radar detection; radar tracking; synthetic aperture radar; Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle; SAR; airborne firefinder radar; artillery shell detection; circular error probable; ground-moving target indication; gun position; synthetic aperture radar; trajectory origin location; Airborne radar; Equations; Frequency; Helium; History; Noise figure; Projectiles; Radar tracking; Signal to noise ratio; Temperature;
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.1998.677982
Filename
677982
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