Forward Area Alerting Radar Data Link. Results of European Tests,

Abstract

In the spring of 1980 a joint CORADCOM-MITRE evaluation team joined a Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD) unit in the field to investigate ways for improving the performance of the data link connecting SHORAD weapons teams with the Forward Area Alerting Radar (FAAR). The team conducted over 1000 data transmission tests over a period of seven days using several different antennas and data rates. These tests traversed a variety of ranges and terrain profiles closely representing operational European conditions. Using a MITRE custom-built data link test set and other supporting equipment, bit error rates, error distributions, and signal levels were recorded for each test. Test results demonstrated that the current FAAR data link rate could be tripled with little change in performance. Furthermore, communications to sites with weak reception and high error rates can be substantially improved using the alternative antennas evaluated during the tests. Based on these and other findings MITRE makes specific recommendations to the Army on improving FAAR data link performance. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA094231

Entities

People

  • Jacob H. Parness
  • John W. Brosius Iii
  • Stanley R. Hirsch

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Antennas
  • Audio Frequency
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Data Links
  • Data Transmission
  • Digital Communications
  • Engineering
  • Field Tests
  • Forward Areas
  • Frequency
  • Omnidirectional Antennas
  • Short Range Air Defense
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Whip Antennas

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.