Airborne Radar Motion Compensation Techniques: Optimum Array Correction Patterns

Abstract

Moving Target Indicators (MTIs) on moving platforms present a special problem of clutter cancellation because of the motion of the platform in relation to fixed objects. The returns from fixed objects must be filtered out as clutter. A technique was developed for designing antenna correction patterns to minimize clutter residue, averaged over all angles. It is to be used with the Displaced Phase Center Antenna (DPCA) system and can achieve and average clutter cancellation equal to that of an MTI on a stationary platform.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 16, 1976
Accession Number
ADA022841

Entities

People

  • G. A. Andrews Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Amplitude
  • Antennas
  • Arrays
  • Cancellation
  • Compensation
  • Covariance
  • Cross Correlation
  • Data Science
  • Digital Computers
  • Doppler Effect
  • Equations
  • Filters
  • Frequency
  • Moving Target Indicator Radar
  • Moving Targets
  • Radar

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.