Development of a Shipboard High Frequency Surface Wave Radar for Anti-Ship Missile Detection

Abstract

A shipboard high frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR), operating between 15 and 25 MHz,.can detect low-flying anti- ship missiles by virtue of diffraction beyond the horizon in a surface-attached wave. Following several successfully shore-side demonstrations, the Navy initiated a program in FY95 to demonstrate a shipboard HFSWR system. A system is currently under fabrication that will be tested in 1999 on the LSD-52 (Pearl Harbor) and on the US Navy's Self-Defense Test Ship. This paper describes the system and testing performed to date, as well as system trade studies and shipboard noise measurements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 23, 1998
Accession Number
ADA381980

Entities

People

  • D. A. Jancic
  • R. J. Dinger

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Anti-Ship Missiles
  • Communication Systems
  • Defense Systems
  • Detection
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • Scale Models
  • Second World War
  • Shipboard
  • Standards
  • Surface Waves
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waves
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Radar Systems Engineering.