The paper describes design principles and presents first results for the airborne LORA (low-frequency radar) system. It covers operating frequencies in the VHF and UHF bands and has both synthetic-aperture radar and ground moving target indication modes. The main motivation for the system is to facilitate detection of man-made targets in a wide range of conditions, i.e. stationary or moving targets as well as targets in open terrain or in concealment under foliage or camouflage. The LORA system will operate in several configurations extending from 20 MHz to 800 MHz. Initial flight trials in 2002 were successfully conducted using the 200-400 MHz band. SAR images have been formed from the acquired data and are presented. A second band, 400-800 MHz, has also been completed but has not yet been tested in-flight. A third band, 20-90 MHz, is presently being added and will be completed during 2003. The paper also includes results from a recent experiment in northern Sweden which included an extensive target deployment to cover a broad range of operating conditions. VHP-band SAR (20-90 MHz) is compared with high-resolution Ku-band SAR. Results show the superior area-coverage rate of using VHF-compared to Ku-band for robust detection of stationary targets. The high-resolution images provided by the Ku-band SAR are, however, superior for classification and recognition purposes.
The VHF/UHF-band LORA SAR and GMTI system
2003
10 Seiten, 18 Quellen
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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