SOSTAR-X system integration and flight trials

Author

Kirscht, Martin ; Boukamp, Joachim ; Hoffmann, Klaus ; Lang-Schnee, Franz ; Weidmann, Kosmas

Author_Institution

EADS Deutschland GmbH, Friedrichshafen

fYear

2008

fDate

30-31 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

506

Lastpage

509

Abstract

The SOSTAR-X system is an advanced airborne ground surveillance radar system. This multi-mode radar demonstrator allows the acquisition of highly squinted and long range data in several SAR, classification and MTI modes, as well s in simultaneous SAR/MTI modes. Furthermore, tracking functionalities are included. The radar development was shared between the SOSTAR-X companies Dutch Space (NL), EADS (D), Galileo Avionica (I), Indra Sistemas (E) and Thales (F). flight trials on a Fokker F100 aircraft were performed in 2006 and 2007. This paper presents a description of the SOSTAR-X prime item and radar sensor integration, the radar system integration and tests as well as the aircraft installation and flight trials.

Keywords

aerospace instrumentation; airborne radar; aircraft; electric sensing devices; radar tracking; search radar; synthetic aperture radar; target tracking; EADS; Fokker F100 aircraft; Galileo Avionica; Indra Sistemas; MTI modes; SAR; SOSTAR-X companies Dutch Space; SOSTAR-X system integration; Thales; advanced airborne ground surveillance radar system; aircraft installation; data acquisition; flight trials; multimode radar demonstrator; radar development; radar sensor integration; stand-off surveillance and target acquisition radar demonstrator; tracking functionalities; Aerospace electronics; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Radar tracking; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Spaceborne radar; Surveillance; Synthetic aperture radar; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 2008. EuRAD 2008. European

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

978-2-87487-009-5

Type

conf

Filename

4760913