Magnetic Target Locator (MATALOC)

Abstract

The proposed system is intended for installation in picket air craft for automatically finding the center of a radar target, converting the center of target coordinates from polar to rectangular, providing temporary storage, and finally providing an output suitable for transmission over a narrow-bandwidth data link to a control ship. The design of the automatic detection and beam-splitting portion of the system is complete and described in detail. The system for conversion of coordinates is still under study; several methods are outlined and discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 26, 1956
Accession Number
AD1223217

Entities

People

  • J. K. Steckel
  • J. P. Leiphart

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.