Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR) for aircraft and weather surveillance

Author

Herd, J. ; Carlson, D. ; Duffy, S. ; Weber, M. ; Brigham, G. ; Rachlin, M. ; Cursio, D. ; Liss, C. ; Weigand, C.

Author_Institution

MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

10-14 May 2010

Firstpage

945

Lastpage

948

Abstract

MIT Lincoln Laboratory and M/A-COM are jointly conducting a technology demonstration of affordable Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR) technology for Next Generation air traffic control and national weather surveillance services. Aggressive cost and performance goals have been established for the system. The array architecture and its realization using custom Transmit and Receive Integrated Circuits and a panel-based Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) will be presented. A program plan for risk reduction and system demonstration will be outlined.

Keywords

air traffic control; meteorological radar; phased array radar; search radar; LRU; M/A-COM; MIT Lincoln Laboratory; MPAR technology; affordable multifunction phased array radar technology; aircraft surveillance; array architecture; custom transmit and receive integrated circuits; national weather surveillance services; next generation air traffic control; panel-based line replaceable unit; risk reduction; system demonstration; technology demonstration; Air traffic control; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Chemical elements; Costs; Meteorological radar; Phased arrays; Polarization; Radar tracking; Surveillance; Phased Array; Radar; T/R Module;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

1097-5659

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5811-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.2010.5494483

Filename

5494483