Various Sensors Aboard UAVs

Abstract

In order to deal with all possible UAV imaging sensors, we better choose the example of a recently introduced UAV: the General Atomics Predator UAV. The Predator sensor payload includes an EO (Electro-Optical) suite, a Ku-band SAR sensor, Ku-band and UHF-band satellite communications (SATCOM), a C-band light-of-sight data link, and a GPS/INS navigator. The Predator's SAR sensor is the Northrop Grumman (Westinghouse) Tactical Endurance Synthetic Aperture Radar ( TESAR). TESAR provides continuous, near real time strip-map transmitted imagery over an 800 meter swath at slant ranges up to 11km. Maximum data rate is 500,000 pixels per second. The target resolution is O.3meters. TESAR weight and power consumption are 80kg and 1200W respectively. A lighter weight, lower cost SAR is currently in development for Predator.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADP010762

Entities

People

  • E. J. Schweicher

Organizations

  • Royal Military Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Bandwidth
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electromagnetic Metamaterials
  • Fungi
  • High Electron Mobility Transistors
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Materials
  • Optical Correlators
  • Side Looking Radar
  • Signal Processing
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Two Dimensional
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects