Demonstrating the concept of using synthetic environments in radar acceptance and procurement

This paper describes an experiment into the use of a synthetic environment (SE) in a radar acceptance and procurement procedure. The concepts and benefits of using an SE are discussed and a suite of models which can produce realistic synthetic radar data is described. An account of baseband, in-phase and quadrature (IQ) data, generated by the QinetiQ radar model Generic Engagement Environment Simulation Suite (GEnESiS), being injected into a fully operational and integrated radar´s receive chain, is given. The final track output of the radar is shown and the metrics that could be used to assess radar performance are discussed.