Polar Skywave Radar (PSR)
Abstract
PSR directly supports the National Defense Strategy’s priority for increased lethality through persistent long range sensors to address the limitations of the current North Warning Systems and emerging threats. PSR will mature and experiment with radio frequency (RF) hardware and advanced radar processing algorithms to validate that over-the-horizon skywave radar is viable for a future surveillance system in the polar region. PSR is focused on ten major tasks to extend skywave radar to the polar region including deployment of high frequency (HF) radar hardware for a scaled model and refinement of signal processing techniques. In FY 2019, PSR collected data and installed hardware to enable FY 2020 experimentation. In particular, PSR procured the transmitter shelter; designed and modeled a wide band antenna; collected data and analyzed it with newly developed physics-based modeling to provide a better understanding on the polar ionosphere; and devised an arctic HF communication experimental plan.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- db37e60ae31cae6774bf8b09fcba26d9