Design of a System to Measure Radar Cross Section.

Abstract

The instrumentation of a Nike-Ajax radar to perform real-time radar cross section measurements of airborne targets is discussed. Measurements include those based on both radar automatic gain control voltage and radar video pulse peak voltage. Instrumented signals within the radar are conditioned and sent via transmission lines to a CI-5000/SDS-9300 hybrid computer. Computed radar cross section and associated analysis information are returned to a display console in the vicinity of the radar. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0756538

Entities

People

  • James David Tadlock

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Automatic
  • Automatic Gain Control
  • Computers
  • Hybrid Computers
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Radar Cross Sections
  • Transmission Lines

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics