Radar waveform requirements for reliable detection of an aircraft-launched missile

W. Dale Blair; Maite Brandt-Pearce

doi:10.1117/12.241911

7 June 1996 Radar waveform requirements for reliable detection of an aircraft-launched missile

W. Dale Blair, Maite Brandt-Pearce

Proceedings Volume 2739, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing X; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.241911
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1996, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

When tracking a manned aircraft with a phase array radar, detecting a missile launch (i.e., a target split) is particularly important because the missile can have a very small radar cross section (RCS) and drop below the horizon of the radar shortly after launch. Reliable detection of the launch is made difficult because the RCS of the missile is very small compared to that of the manned aircraft and the radar typically revisits a manned aircraft every few seconds. Furthermore, any measurements of the aircraft and missile taken shortly after the launch will be merged until the two targets are resolved in range, frequency, or space. In this paper, detection of the launched missile is addressed through the detection of the presence of target multiplicity with the in-phase and quadrature monopulse measurements. The probability of detecting the launch using monopulse processing will be studied with regard to the tracking signal-to-noise ratio and the number of pulses n the radar waveform.

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W. Dale Blair and Maite Brandt-Pearce "Radar waveform requirements for reliable detection of an aircraft-launched missile", Proc. SPIE 2739, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing X, (7 June 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.241911

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