Acousto-optic processor for jammer suppression in land-based radars

Michael E. Turbyfill; Jeffrey M. Lutsko; Ernst K. Walge; Robert J. Berinato; Mervin C. Budge Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.243067

17 June 1996 Acousto-optic processor for jammer suppression in land-based radars

Michael E. Turbyfill, Jeffrey M. Lutsko, Ernst K. Walge, Robert J. Berinato, Mervin C. Budge Jr.

Proceedings Volume 2747, Radar Sensor Technology; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.243067
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1996, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

This paper provides radar test results of an optical processor for sidelobe jamming reduction. Using a Rome Laboratory C-Band phase array radar and jammer testbed, numerous realistic test scenarios were performed. These tests were conducted with the radar in a receive-only mode, with target and jammer signals provided externally. The sum beam from the C-band array served as the main channel input to the adaptive canceller, and one of eight subarrays provided the auxiliary channel. Targets and jammers consisted of both barrage noise and pulsed continuous tone signals produced by stationary jamming and target sources located in the far field of the phase array radar. Closed loop testing, sidelobe jamming reduction, and multipath signal considerations were all integral parts of the test scenarios. The processor is designed to cancel 10 MHz wide bandwidth jamming signals and to work at the radar intermediate frequency of 80 MHz. A processor overview, cancellation results for a variety of test conditions, and future hardware enhancements and test plans will be summarized.

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Michael E. Turbyfill, Jeffrey M. Lutsko, Ernst K. Walge, Robert J. Berinato, and Mervin C. Budge Jr. "Acousto-optic processor for jammer suppression in land-based radars", Proc. SPIE 2747, Radar Sensor Technology, (17 June 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.243067

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