Recent advances in coastal surveillance by HF SWR in Germany

The radar group at Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg (HSU) is working in the field of coastal and mobile HF surface wave radar (SWR) since 2009. Supported by the Bundeswehr Technical Centre for Ships and Naval Weapons (WTD 71) in Eckernforde new signal processing techniques for clutter suppression and enhanced ship detection have been developed and tested. Furthermore the first compact WERA system based on MIMO beamforming has been build and evaluated together with Helzel Messtechnik GmbH and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht.