Enhanced Down-Range Profiles of Complex Targets Using Wideband Radar Echo Returns

Abstract

Small radar detection and tracking systems-in particular, radar guided missile systems-are of great utility because of their all-weather performance and their long range capabilities. A major drawback with these systems results from the relatively simple data that they collect and the difficulty in using these data for target classification and identification purposes. We propose a technique which employs the statistics of the tracking data used by many missile seekers and which creates a cross-range target structure map that can be expressed as a function of the target's down-range extent. These data consist of ordinary azimuth elevation phase monopulse measurements collected from a small set of (unknown) aspects presented by the target as it maneuvers. The method requires a minimal computational burden and holds the potential to be used for automatic (machine-based) target classification in realistic (time and data limited) environments.... Glint, Identification, Radar, Target ID.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA266508

Entities

People

  • Brett Borden

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Aircrafts
  • Bandwidth
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Identification
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Narrowband
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Radar
  • Recognition
  • Scattering
  • Statistics
  • Target Classification
  • Target Recognition

Readers

  • Neural Network Machine Learning.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.