Abstract :
Modern microwave phased arrays with electronic beam-steering allow surveillance and tracking with variable data rates in a multifunction radar. The author reviews system options and discusses the engineering of active arrays, using as an example, the Siemens Plessey Radar/ARE MESAR, which is now undergoing trials and which is the first modular active array radar in the UK. Future applications, the success of which depends on cost-effective production of active transmit-receive modules, improved beam control, and larger wideband arrays, are outlined
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; microwave antenna arrays; military systems; radar antennas; Siemens Plessey Radar/ARE MESAR; UK; active transmit-receive modules; cost-effective production; defence radar; electronic beam-steering; improved beam control; microwave phased arrays; modular active array radar; multifunction radar; surveillance; tracking; variable data rates;
