Passive millimeter wave (PMMW) sensors have the ability to see through fog, clouds, dust and sandstorms and thus have the potential to support all-weather operations, both military and commercial. Many of the applications, such as military transport or commercial aircraft landing, are technologically stressing in that they require imaging of a scene with a large field of view in real time and with high spatial resolution. The development of a low cost PMMW focal plane array camera is essential to obtain real-time video images to fulfill the above needs. The overall objective of this multi-year project (Phase 1) was to develop and demonstrate the capabilities of a W-band PMMW camera with a microwave/millimeter wave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) focal plane array (FPA) that can be manufactured at low cost for both military and commercial applications. This overall objective was met in July 1997 when the first video images from the camera were generated of an outdoor scene. In addition, our consortium partner McDonnell Douglas was to develop a real-time passive millimeter wave flight simulator to permit pilot evaluation of a PMMW-equipped aircraft in a landing scenario. A working version of this simulator was completed. This work was carried out under the DARPA-funded PMMW Camera Technology Reinvestment Project (TRP), also known as the PMMW Camera DARPA Joint Dual-Use Project. In this final report for the Phase 1 activities, a year by year description of what the specific objectives were, the approaches taken, and the progress made is presented, followed by a description of the validation and imaging test results obtained in 1997.


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    Title :

    PMMW Camera TRP


    Publication date :

    1997-01-01


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    English




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