Title :
Real time MTI STAP first results from SOSTAR-X flight trials
Author :
Zei, D. ; Mele, F. ; Tellini, P. ; Montanari, A. ; Fusaroli, A. ; Grazia, P. Di ; Annessi, G.
Author_Institution :
SELEX GALILEO, Pomezia
Abstract :
This paper presents the achievements of the flight campaign of the SOSTAR-X (stand-off surveillance and target acquisition radar) program relevant to the ground moving target indicator (GMTI) modes designed for wide area surveillance and fast sector scan. The SOSTAR-X is the European technologic demonstrator for an advanced AESA (Active Electronically Steered Antenna) airborne radar sensor. This program can be considered as the first European Consortium adventure for this kind of radar. It completed formal acceptance flight tests on July 2007, demonstrating on the field the fulfilment of all the main performance requirements. Some considerations are also addressed about the main issues to be investigated with the use of real data.
Keywords :
airborne radar; search radar; space-time adaptive processing; target tracking; SOSTAR-X; airborne radar sensor; fast sector scan; ground moving target indicator; space-time adaptive processing; stand-off surveillance target acquisition radar; wide area surveillance; Aerospace electronics; Airborne radar; Calibration; Frequency selective surfaces; High-resolution imaging; Image resolution; Radar antennas; Surveillance; Synthetic aperture radar; Testing; DOA; GMTI; STAP;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference, 2008. RADAR '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1538-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1097-5659
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.2008.4720858
