Sonar Beamforming - An Overview of Its History and Status

Abstract

This report was prepared at the request of the Program Executive Office for Surface Ship ASW Systems to provide high level managers with a concise overview of the history and status of sonar beamforming. The publication should also serve as an introduction to the subject for new professionals. The history of sonar beamforming is traced from World War II to the present, ending with the topic of adaptive beamforming. A minimum of mathematics is used to facilitate rapid reading, with numerous references provided for the reader who wishes to delve further into the theory.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 1992
Accession Number
ADA250189

Entities

People

  • Ronald R. Kneipfer

Organizations

  • Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Compensators
  • Computational Complexity
  • Delay Lines
  • Directional Antennas
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Domain
  • Navy
  • Scanning
  • Schematic Diagrams
  • Shift Registers
  • Standards
  • Submarines
  • Time Domain
  • Transducers
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.