Title :
Multi PRF TWT for ISR and FCS applications
Author :
Crespo, William ; Galvan, Jaime ; Mitsdarffer, K. Bryan
Author_Institution :
Crane Div., Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, IN, USA
Abstract :
The observation of a technology improvement for the use of traveling wave tubes (TWT) in a combined intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) with a fire control system (FCS). The improvement was identified by Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane, IN personnel at various industry conferences and symposiums in which the applicable ISR situations and missions can change instantly from a passive ISR to a mode where FCS is needed. This paper presents multiple design approaches for the TWT or microwave tube system.
Keywords :
microwave tubes; military systems; surveillance; travelling wave tubes; FCS applications; ISR applications; NSWC crane; Naval Surface Warfare Center; fire control system; intelligence; microwave tube system; multi PRF TWT; reconnaissance; surveillance; traveling wave tubes; Cranes; Electron tubes; Fires; Microwave amplifiers; Synthetic aperture radar; Vehicles; FCS; GMTI; ISR; PRF; SAR; TWT; kill chain;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2012 IEEE Thirteenth International
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0188-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0187-9
DOI :
10.1109/IVEC.2012.6262113
