Advanced ground-based ESCAN radars

Author

Fuchs, Ulrich ; Sieprath, Werner

Author_Institution

Defense Electron., EADS Deutschland GmbH, Ulm, Germany

fYear

2005

fDate

12-17 June 2005

Abstract

Electronically scanned radars (ESCAN radars) are key system elements of ground based military systems being developed for air and missile defense against future threats including tactical ballistic missiles, high agile and low RCS targets like drones, ARMs, UAVs. The radar design is governed on the one hand by challenging requirements on ESCAN radar performance and on the other hand by strict limitations on weight and volume dictated by the need of high system mobility and transportability. First the paper discusses the important role of ESCAN radars within the architecture of mobile air defense systems. Secondly, key characteristics of ESCAN radars operating as primary sensor of an air defense system with a netted distributed architecture are addressed. Advanced ESCAN radars can meet the requirements of both multifunctional performance and high mobility, if advanced technology and innovative algorithms are applied.

Keywords

airborne radar; ground support systems; military radar; missiles; radar cross-sections; electronically scanned radars; ground based military systems; ground-based ESCAN radars; high agile targets; low RCS targets; missile defense; mobile air defense systems; netted distributed architecture; radar cross section; tactical ballistic missiles; Arm; Control systems; Fires; Frequency; Missiles; Radar cross section; Radar tracking; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Surveillance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2005 IEEE MTT-S International

ISSN

01490-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8845-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2005.1516965

Filename

1516965