Distributed Radar Imaging in Contested Environments

Abstract

The goal of this research is to advance distributed radar imaging in contested and challenging environments. Contested environments are typically uncertain, complex and ambiguous areas where radar's capabilities are limited, denied or deceived. Both distributed active and passive radar provide important sensing capabilities in contested environments. The objectives of the project are organized along the following topics: i) Passive imaging of extended and moving targets. This aims to develop methods to overcome the limitations of widely used time or frequency difference of arrival based back projection techniques. ii) Passive multi-static, polarimetric imaging. iii) Analysis of artifacts in SAR imagery. We quantify artifacts caused by phase errors such as unknown refractive index or ground topography.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1105476

Entities

People

  • Birsen Yazıcı

Organizations

  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Artifacts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Geography
  • Military Research
  • Moving Targets
  • Passive Radar
  • Radar
  • Radar Imaging
  • Refractive Index
  • Scientific Research

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  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.