RF Sensors & Countermeasures Tech
Abstract
This project develops and assesses affordable, reliable all weather radio-frequency sensing and countermeasure concepts for aerospace applications covering the range of radio frequency sensors including communications, navigation, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and radar, both active and passive, across the air, land, sea, space and cyber domains. This project also develops and evaluates technology for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance sensors, fire control radars, electronic warfare, integrated radar and electronic warfare systems, and offensive information operations systems. It emphasizes the detection and tracking of surface and airborne targets with radio-frequency signatures that are difficult to detect due to reduced radar cross sections, concealment and camouflage measures, severe clutter, or heavy jamming. Techniques exploited include the use of multiple radio-frequency phenomenologies, multi dimensional adaptive processing, advanced waveforms and knowledge-aided processing techniques. This project also develops the radio-frequency warning and countermeasure technology for advanced electronic warfare and information operations applications. Specifically, it develops techniques and technologies to detect and counter the communications links and sensors of threat air defense systems and hostile command and control networks. The project also exploits emerging technologies and components to provide increased capability for offensive and defensive radio-frequency sensors, including radar warning, radio-frequency electronic warfare, and electronic intelligence applications.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 627622_0602204F_2_3600_PB_2011
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