Ultra wideband, multi-mode radar processing

Recent advances in wideband digital waveform generation, analog-to-digital converters (ADC) and high speed parallel processing provide the technology to develop ultra wideband systems for simultaneous synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and ground moving target indication (GMTI) modes. A system equipped with this capability will provide uninterrupted coverage on targets entering and exiting the main-beam clutter of the Radar, typically seen in move-stop-move environments. The evolving challenge is to develop a common waveform, with emphasis on real-time signal processing, for ubiquitous target detection that employs SAR, along-track interferometry (ATI) and GMTI for advanced tracking.