Second Fleet Surveillance - Another Exercise in Fleet Air Defense

Abstract

NRL deployed the Madre radar in a surveillance mode over the Atlantic Ocean transit of the USS INDEPENDENCE (CVA-62) in September 1971 for a period of six days. Exercise results are cited which give a resume of air contacts, corroboration of contacts with FAA records, and warning-message formulation and subsequent relay to the CVA-62. Operational deficiencies in azimuth assessment and communication procedures are noted. Experience with an aircraft-tracking algorithm in a multipath environment is examined. Corrective modifications to the Madre equipment, including monopulse receivers, monopulse-processing-channel development, chirp emissions, low-data-rate communications, and backscatter monitor, which will all enhance the Madre fleet-air-defense (FAD) posture, are described briefly.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 09, 1974
Accession Number
AD0529812

Entities

People

  • Frank H. Utley
  • James A. Hoffmeyer
  • Melvin S. Lieberman
  • William C. Headrick

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Traffic
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Computers
  • Demography
  • Detection
  • High Density
  • Intervals
  • Ionization Trails
  • Military Research
  • Ocean Surveillance
  • Oceans
  • Radar
  • Surveillance
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design