Title :
Multi function radar system for improved situational awareness in helicopters
Author :
Feil, Peter ; Schneider, R. ; Sanchez-Trigo, Horacio
Author_Institution :
Syst. Concepts Radar, CASSIDIAN, Ulm, Germany
Abstract :
The paper describes an FM-CW radar sensor system designed to improve the situational awareness in helicopters especially during brownout landing. In order to obtain an instantaneous coverage of the azimuthal field of view, the technique of digital beamforming is used. Additionally, the sensors are provisioned to employ the MIMO principle by radiating waveforms with different frequencies into separate spatial directions.
Keywords :
CW radar; FM radar; MIMO communication; aircraft communication; array signal processing; helicopters; radar signal processing; FM-CW radar sensor system; MIMO principle; brownout landing; digital beamforming; helicopters; multifunction radar system; situational awareness; waveforms radiation; Clutter; Doppler shift; Helicopters; Power supplies; Radar cross-sections; Sensor systems; FM-CW radar; MIMO radar; brownout landing; digital beamforming;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference (EuRAD), 2013 European
Conference_Location :
Nuremberg
