Title :
A virtual target radar system for small arms fire training
Author :
Alabaster, Clive M. ; Hughes, Evan J. ; Flores-Tapia, Daniel
Author_Institution :
White Horse Radar Ltd., Royal Wootton Bassett, UK
Abstract :
This paper describes the development of a novel radar system acting as a virtual target to assist in the training of a marksman. It provides the miss distance of a bullet from an aim point in two axes as the bullet passes through the target plane. Initial work indicates that a low-cost solution can achieve millimetre-level accuracy irrespective of projectile velocity over a wide range of environmental conditions.
Keywords :
radar applications; radar tracking; target tracking; training; weapons; bullet aim point; marksman training; miss distance; projectile velocity; small arms fire training; target plane; virtual target radar system; Doppler radar; Radar antennas; Radar cross-sections; Receivers; Trajectory; Video recording; CW radar; virtual target;
Conference_Titel :
Radar (Radar), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Adelaide, SA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5177-5
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.2013.6652036