Stable signal processing for improved-performance real-life radar

Robust Analysis has pioneered the development of extremely efficient algorithms for radar signal processing in heavy-tailed clutter, based on cutting-edge numerical methods derived from the theory of stable distributions. Robust Analysis is the developer of STABLE, the first commercially available software library for stable data processing. STABLE incorporates a Signal Processing Toolbox with comprehensive filtering solutions for impulsive signals. This toolbox is at the core of one of our most important innovations: the stable matched filter. Although still preliminary, STABLE already has a Radar Systems Toolbox which incorporates a suite of stable matched filtering routines, and a battery of applications of these routines in SAR imaging and radar target detection. The goal of this SBIR is to extend the reach of the STABLE software and its Radar Systems Toolbox to provide a comprehensive industrial-quality solution for radar engineering in heavy-tailed environments. For Phase I, we will develop an adaptive version of the stable matched filter that ensures real-time applicability of the technology in real-life challenging scenarios of interest to the Navy. We will also develop speed optimizations that accelerate the algorithms and enable real-time performance. SAR and STAP applications of the technology will also be investigated.