A compact, low-cost, wide-angle radar test bed

John D. Gorman; Uttam Majumder; John C. Reed; Ronald L. Dilsavor; Michael Minardi; Edmund G. Zelnio

doi:10.1117/12.666265

17 May 2006 A compact, low-cost, wide-angle radar test bed

John D. Gorman, Uttam Majumder, John C. Reed, Ronald L. Dilsavor, Michael Minardi, Edmund G. Zelnio

Proceedings Volume 6237, Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XIII; 62370E (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.666265
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2006, Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Abstract

Recent technology developments in digital radio, low-cost inertial navigation systems and unmanned air vehicle design are converging to enable and make practical several new radar sensing modes such as simultaneous SAR/GMTI from persistent staring-mode radar, 3D SAR from a single-pass, single phase center radar and wide-angle radar tracking of dismounts. One of the challenges for algorithm developers is a lack of high-quality target and clutter signature data from the new radar modes. AFRL's Sensor Directorate and SET Corporation are developing a compact, low-cost wide-angle radar test bed capable of simulating a variety of radar modes, including 3D SAR, SAR/GMTI from staring-mode radar and ultra-fine resolution range-Doppler. We provide an overview of the wide-angle radar test bed architecture, its modular design and our implementation approach. We then describe several non-conventional wide-angle radar sensor modes and outline a corresponding series of test bed data collection experiments that could be used to support the development of new tracking and recognition algorithms.

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John D. Gorman, Uttam Majumder, John C. Reed, Ronald L. Dilsavor, Michael Minardi, and Edmund G. Zelnio "A compact, low-cost, wide-angle radar test bed", Proc. SPIE 6237, Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XIII, 62370E (17 May 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.666265

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