Title :
Development of Surveillance and Tracking Radar
Author :
Vavriv, D. ; Volkov, V. ; Sosnytskiy, S. ; Shevchenko, A. ; Kozhyn, R. ; Kravtsov, A. ; Vasilevskiy, M. ; Zaikin, D.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Radio Astron., Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine, Kharkov
Abstract :
A high-resolution surveillance and tracking radar has been recently developed and tested at the Institute of Radio Astronomy. The radar is a monopulse, all-weather radar with mechanical beam steering. It works in a pulse mode, and a coherent FFT-based signal processing is utilized. The radar is equipped with a clutter suppression system and with a Kalman filtering scheme for trajectory calculation and extrapolation. The radar is suitable for long-range surveillance with a small volume-scanning time and for tracking of highly dynamic, low-sized targets. This paper describes the setup of this radar, its main components, and the signal processing technique used
Keywords :
Kalman filters; beam steering; extrapolation; fast Fourier transforms; radar clutter; radar resolution; radar tracking; search radar; Kalman filtering scheme; clutter suppression system; coherent FFT; extrapolation; fast Fourier transform; high-resolution surveillance radar; mechanical beam steering; monopulse; signal processing; tracking radar; trajectory calculation; Beam steering; Extrapolation; Filtering; Kalman filters; Radar clutter; Radar signal processing; Radar tracking; Radio astronomy; Surveillance; Testing; Surveillance and tracking radar; clutter suppression; low-sized targets; monopulse radar;
Conference_Titel :
Ultrawideband and Ultrashort Impulse Signals, The Third International Conference
Conference_Location :
Sevastopol
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0513-0
DOI :
10.1109/UWBUS.2006.307153
