New detection algorithm for poor signal-to-noise conditions

A new detection algorithm for radar signal processing is presented. Especially in fighter applications, well-performing detection algorithms play a crucial role for enhancing situational awareness. By utilizing the local characteristics of the received signal more efficiently, better performance can be achieved. As phenomena-considered-disturbances in the received target signal are often discarded, valuable information is lost. However, this associated information can benefit the system, although even the latest statistical inference and modeling, are applied in practice with synthetic array radar (SAR) image processing. The usefulness of this new approach is demonstrated.