Coherent Seeker Guided Antiship Missile Performance Analysis

Abstract

The performance capability of an antiship missile's radar guidance system can be rated by the ratio of the processed signal level to the interference or noise level. In this report, the general performance capability is evaluated for missiles guided via noncoherent radar and for missiles guided via coherent radar. The contribution of several coherent aspects are compared including interpulse, intrapulse, and beam sharpening. Potential improvement of as much as 15 to 20 dB are indicated. A brief derivation of a useful representation of the processed signals is presented that describes the potential usefulness of Space-Time Adaptive Processing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 28, 2005
Accession Number
ADA430023

Entities

People

  • James J. Genova

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Ship Missiles
  • Coherent Radar
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Doppler Radar
  • Electronic Warfare
  • False Alarms
  • Frequency
  • Matched Filters
  • Measurement
  • Peak Power
  • Radar
  • Sea Clutter
  • Signal Processing
  • Standards
  • Target Detection
  • Target Discrimination

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space