A New Illuminator of Opportunity Bistatic Radar Research Project at DSTO

Abstract

In this report a new Illuminator of Opportunity / Passive Coherent Location research project being conducted in the Microwave Radar Branch of EWRD at DSTO is discussed. Details are provided about such aspects as transmitter selection and characteristics, experimental configurations and power budget studies. Furthermore, a preliminary analysis of two different transmitters' waveform ambiguity functions is presented. Early results from field experiments demonstrating detections of cars, trucks, trains, helicopters and aircraft using a terrestrial digital TV and geosynchronous satellite signals are also presented. The ability to detect and track targets is then demonstrated through the use of several CFAR and Track Before Detect algorithms. The report concludes by discussing potential application areas for this technology as well as highlighting the likely directions of future research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA506106

Entities

People

  • James Palmer
  • Simon Palumbo
  • Stephen Howard
  • Tri-tan Van Cao

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Experimental Data
  • Geosynchronous Satellites
  • Information Processing
  • Kalman Filters
  • Mobile Phones
  • Multistatic Radar
  • Radar
  • Radar Equipment
  • Signal Processing
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Target Tracking
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects