Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g. – Return signal controls radar system – Receiver
Patent
1996-04-22
1998-05-26
Sotomayor, John B.
Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,
Return signal controls radar system
Receiver
342 96, 342 97, 342107, 342140, G01S 1372
Patent
active
057573107
ABSTRACT:
The volume of space, in range, azimuth and elevation, over which a conventional Tactical Ballistic Missile (TBM) early warning radar is required to search for incoming missiles is very large. This placed very heavy demands on the radar designer, resulting in large, very high power, low mobility radars, with subsequent vulnerability to ARMs and other defence suppression systems. This invention proposes an alternative approach to a TBM early earning radar which considerably reduces both the design and vulnerability problem, and permits effective TBM early warning radars to be constructed using current technology. This is achieved by moving the radar (1) beyond the front edge of the defended area (2). The increased elevation scan requirements are more than compensated for by a range-adaptive scanning technique which reduces the volume search time by more than 50% compared with a more conventional arrangement.
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Matra BAe Dynamics (UK) Ltd.
Sotomayor John B.
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