A synthetic aperture radar mode for the AN/APS-506 maritime search radar

Author

Haslam, G.E. ; Vant, M.R. ; DiFilippo, D.

Author_Institution

Commun. Res. Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

1988

fDate

20-21 Apr 1988

Firstpage

106

Lastpage

110

Abstract

The modifications and additions that were necessary to incorporate spotlight and strip-map synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) modes into the AN/APS-506 radar are described. The changes include enhancing the radar´s coherence and adding software for SAR control. A motion-compensation subsystem and data-recording facility were also developed. Real-time SAR and motion-compensation processors that are under development will be included in the final system. In addition to the description of the SAR system, impulse response measurements and examples of images are presented

Keywords

military systems; radar measurement; radar systems; telecommunications computing; AN/APS-506 maritime search radar; SAR; SAR control; data-recording facility; images; impulse response measurements; motion-compensation processors; motion-compensation subsystem; real-time SAR processors; software; spotlight SAR mode; strip-map synthetic-aperture radar; Airborne radar; Aircraft navigation; Bandwidth; Coherence; Communication system control; Motion compensation; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Radar tracking; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 1988., Proceedings of the 1988 IEEE National

Conference_Location

Ann Arbor, MI

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NRC.1988.10941

Filename

10941