Analysing multibeam, cooperative, ground based radar in a bistatic configuration

Recent advances in digital beam forming for phased arrays in combination with digital signal processing should enable the development of multibeam radar in a bistatic configuration. In the bistatic setting, the pulse travelling outward from the transmitter should be followed or “chased” by the receiver. During transmission, depending on the...

Early development of phased array radar and active antennas in the Netherlands

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...

Circular Micro-SAR for mini-UAV

This paper presents a new multifunction radar that was specially designed for mini-UAV platforms. The multi-channel radar is omnidirectional, allowing great flexibility in radar- and flight operations. A demonstrator has been built, weighing 800 grams, and consuming 25 W. Flexible SAR, GMTI and novel sensing modes can be demonstrated with this...

Real-time processing of multi-channel SAR data with GPUs

AMBER: An X-band FMCW digital beam forming synthetic aperture radar for a tactical UAV

An X-band Digital Array Synthetic Aperture Radar for a Short Range Tactical UAV is presented. This system is demonstrated on a manned helicopter and motor glider. The Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave radar principle in combination with digital beam forming over 24 receive channels is used to meet the stringent payload requirements of Tactical...

Multi-Channel Processing for Digital Beam Forming SAR

A lightweight radar system, suitable for use on board small airborne platforms, has been built and tested. The radar system comprises a digital receive array, offering full beam forming flexibility at the cost of high data rates and heavy processing loads. In this paper, the requirements and architecture for multi-channel SAR processing are...

FMCW radar for the sense function of sense and avoid systems onboard UAVs

Rockwell Collins France (RCF) radar department is currently developing, in close collaboration with TNO in The Hague, The Netherlands, a Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar sensor dedicated to Obstacle Warning function and potentially to air traffic detection. The sensor combines flood light illumination and digital beam forming to...

Application of 2D MUSIC algorithm to range-azimuth FMCW radar data

This paper investigates the use of a 2D MUSIC algorithm for the joint estimation of angular and range target locations. Coherency and correlation characteristics of the target signals are taken into account and 2D spatial smoothing technique is preliminarily applied in order to ensure the non-singularity of the received signals covariance matrix...

Suppression of Sidelobe Scatterers in an AESA FMCW Radar

This paper describes an active electronically scanned array (AESA) FMCW radar with eight transceivers. Each transceiver has its own Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS) for signal generation which enables digital beam forming on transmit as well as on receive. The coherent operation of the eight transceivers and the capability to perform digital...

Correction of the effects induced by the continuous motion in airborne FMCW SAR

The combination of Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) technology and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) leads to lightweight, cost-effective imaging sensors of high resolution. In FMCW SAR applications the conventional stop-and-go approximation used in pulse radar algorithms can be not valid anymore, therefore the motion within the sweep...