Development of airborne moving target radar for long range surveillance

Author

Dickey, Frank R., Jr. ; Labitt, Melvin ; Staudaher, Fred M.

Volume

27

Issue

6

fYear

1991

fDate

11/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

959

Lastpage

972

Abstract

The following topics are discussed in the context of the development of an airborne moving target radar for long range surveillance: US Navy long range shipborne radar; Cadillac I airborne early warning (AEW) radar; Cadillac II airborne early warning (AEW) radar; airborne moving target indicating (AMTI) radar; related post-war radar activities; and the invention of the displaced center antenna. Among the topics studied is the use of a monopulse antenna in an MTI radar to remove the degradation of the MTI caused by rapid scanning of the antenna. A method of using a monopulse antenna for motion compensation in airborne MTI is discussed.

Keywords

aircraft instrumentation; military systems; radar antennas; radar systems; Cadillac I; Cadillac II; US Navy; airborne early warning radar; airborne moving target indicating radar; airborne moving target radar; degradation; displaced center antenna; long range surveillance; monopulse antenna; motion compensation; scanning; shipborne radar; Airborne radar; Aircraft manufacture; Degradation; Laboratories; Manufacturing; Military aircraft; Motion compensation; Radar antennas; Radar clutter; Radar detection; Radio control; Surveillance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9251

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/7.104273

Filename

104273