Title
Early development of phased array radar and active antennas in the Netherlands
Author
Genderen, P.V.
Stolp, E.
Heebels, G.
Publication year
2019
Abstract
This paper addresses the early developments that have resulted in the design and development of active electronically scanned arrays (AESA) in The Netherlands. An early type of radar measuring the position of objects in range, azimuth and elevation in three dimensions (SPS-01/MTTR) is described in some detail. Requirements of the Royal Netherlands Navy resulted in surveillance systems with digital beamforming on receive, followed up by multi-function radar system designs based on AESA. Effectively, it turns out that the lessons learned from fielded radar systems, the technology explorations by national laboratories and the clear leadership of the Royal Netherlands Navy have resulted in evolutionary but nevertheless innovative advances in technology and ship design.
Subject
Beamforming on receive
Airport ground equipment
Antenna phased arrays
Beam forming networks
Radar antennas
Active electronically scanned array
Design and Development
Digital beam forming
Multi-function radars
National laboratory
Phased array radars
Royal Netherlands Navy
Surveillance systems
Radar measurement
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1109/radar41533.2019.171351
TNO identifier
876297
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE
ISBN
9781728126609
Source
International Radar Conference, RADAR 2019, 22-26 April 2019, Boston, MA, USA
Document type
conference paper