SBIR/STTR Research Award

Adaptive Radar Detection Approaches for Low-RCS Maritime Vessels in Highly Variable Clutter Conditions

Award identifier dc4060856be2a4407ed704ec0aa48a26a4b9248e19066db2f627c61f20d70ccdAwarding agency Department of Defense · Navy

Award amount

$79,813

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

2014

Award details

Awarding agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Recipient company: ARETE ASSOCIATES
Proposal award date: 2014-05-05
Contract end date: 2015-03-05
UEI: DMKEXJ8NQ4C5
Solicitation number: 2014.1
Topic code: N141-067

Research abstract

Arete Associates proposes a Phase I effort to develop a radar mode that leverages a long coherent integration times to improve the detection of small boat targets in maritime environments up to sea state 4. The overall objective of this SBIR project is to then integrate these techniques and necessary algorithms into an end-to-end radar system signal processing system. The Phase I base effort will focus on demonstrating the basic concept of non-coherent state estimation to aid in coherent reprocessing. Successful demonstration of these concepts in the base effort will lead to their refinement in the option phase, in anticipation of inclusion in an operational system.

Technology keywords

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Research funding history

417 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1994–2025). Reported award amounts total $220,044,517. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security