A high fidelity ground to air imaging radar system

Author

Goodman, Ron ; Nagy, Walter ; Wilhelm, Joseph ; Crippen, Susan

Author_Institution

Environ. Res. Inst. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

29-31 Mar 1994

Firstpage

29

Lastpage

34

Abstract

Fine resolution radar imagery of airborne vehicles is useful in the development and maintenance of low observable (LO) aircraft. Such imagery can also characterize the radar signature of non-LO aircraft to aid in noncooperative target identification and recognition (NCTIR). A high performance ground-based inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) has been developed to image airborne targets, including LO aircraft. A unique feature of the ground-to-air imaging radar (GAIR) system is the ability to collect total radar cross section (TRCS) measurement data simultaneously with ISAR image data. The GAIR is a fully calibrated system, fully transportable, and capable of remote operation using mobile generator power

Keywords

backscatter; ground support systems; image processing; radar cross-sections; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; ISAR; airborne targets; airborne vehicles; backscattering sources; calibrated system; fine resolution radar imagery; ground to air imaging radar system; image data; inverse synthetic aperture radar; low observable aircraft; measurement data; mobile generator power; noncooperative target identification and recognition; radar signature; remote operation; total radar cross section; transportable system; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Character recognition; High-resolution imaging; Image recognition; Image resolution; Radar cross section; Radar imaging; Target recognition; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 1994., Record of the 1994 IEEE National

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1438-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NRC.1994.328093

Filename

328093