Title :
Demonstration of a SAR mode for a lightweight 35 GHz MMW radar
Author :
Hughen, James H. ; Baker, Arleigh B. ; Sullivan, Daniel J.
Author_Institution :
Martin Marietta Technol. Inc., Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
Flight tests were conducted to demonstrate SAR capabilities using a small portable 35 GHz radar developed by Martin Marietta. The radar is fully coherent and dual polarized with MTI, HRR, DBS and SAR capabilities. Motion compensated and focused SAR imagery having a resolution of 2 feet×2 feet was produced on a variety of vehicular targets. The flight system and image formation processing are described. Example results are presented
Keywords :
aircraft instrumentation; helicopters; image processing; synthetic aperture radar; 35 MHz; DBS; EHF; HRR; MMW radar; MTI; Martin Marietta; SAR mode; flight system; flight tests; focused SAR imagery; image formation processing; motion compensation; small portable radar; vehicular targets; Large Hadron Collider; Polarization; Pulse amplifiers; Radar imaging; Radar signal processing; Satellite broadcasting; Signal processing; Synthetic aperture radar; System testing; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference, 1994., Record of the 1994 IEEE National
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1438-7
DOI :
10.1109/NRC.1994.328092
