Project Jindalee: from bare bones to operational OTHR

Author

Colegrove, Dr Samuel B

Author_Institution

Defence Sci. & Technol. Organ., Salisbury, SA, Australia

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

825

Lastpage

830

Abstract

Project Jindalee officially started in April 1974 as a DSTO project based on over the horizon radar (OTHR) developments made by the USA. Over the years it has progressively evolved to the level of performance where it currently serves a hybrid operational/developmental role. Because of the success of Jindalee, the Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) was conceived and in 1991 the Australian Department of Defence contracted for the construction of two OTHR systems. The JORN is currently projected to come on line in early 2002. This paper outlines the development of the Jindalee program from its inception as Stage A. This is followed by the Stage B system and its evolutionary development up to the current time. Integral with this development is a brief overview of the DSTO R&D activities into OTHR. This review concludes with an overview of the development of the JORN

Keywords

military radar; Australia; DSTO project; Department of Defence; JORN; Jindalee Operational Radar Network; OTHR; Project Jindalee; R&D activities; Stage A system; Stage B system; USA; over the horizon radar; Acoustic propagation; Australia; Bones; Frequency; Hafnium; History; Plasma displays; Proposals; Radar; Research and development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 2000. The Record of the IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Alexandria, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5776-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.2000.851942

Filename

851942