MMW radar target acquisition system

Author

Archdale, A.

Author_Institution

British Aerosp., Mil. Aircraft Ltd., Preston, UK

fYear

1990

fDate

8-10 May 1990

Firstpage

969

Abstract

The hardware and system development which has been carried out in order to evaluate the use of 94-GHz radar for the autonomous detection of targets in all clutter backgrounds is described. Several instrumentation radars, both ground-based and airborne, have been developed for use on field trials. These systems vary in complexity from simple, solid-state, IMPATT (impact avalanche and transit time) transmitter/Gunn assemblies to high-power, pulsed radars with scanning antennas, dual receiver channels and frequency agility. The radar concept of interest is one which is carried by a high-speed military vehicle, flying at low level (30-60 m), which has to detect and discriminate with high probability groups of mobile armored targets to ranges of 3 km.<>

Keywords

military systems; radar systems; 94 GHz; IMPATT transmitters/Gunn assemblies; MM-wave radar target acquisition system; airborne radar; autonomous target detection; clutter backgrounds; dual receiver channels; frequency agility; ground-based radar; high power pulsed radar; high-speed military vehicle; instrumentation radars; mobile armored targets; scanning antennas; system development; Airborne radar; Assembly systems; Gunn devices; Hardware; Instruments; Radar antennas; Radar clutter; Radar detection; Solid state circuits; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1990., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1990.99740

Filename

99740