SBIR/STTR Research Award
MILLIMETER WAVE INSTRUMENTATION RADAR
Award amount
$261,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- ATLANTIC AEROSPACE ELECTRONICS CORP.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
RECENT ADVANCES IN MILLIMETER-WAVE TECHNOLOGY NOW PERMIT DEVELOPMENT OF AN AGILE BEAM HIGH RESOLUTION TRACKING RADAR WHICH OFFERS EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE WHILE REMAINING HIGHLY MOBILE. SUCH AN INSTRUMENT CAN OBSERVE MISSILES AND SUBMUNITIONS NEAR THE GROUND AND PROVIDE (1) GREATLY IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF THE DETAILED MUNITION TRAJECTORY, DISPENSING, DISPERSION AND IMPACT DISTRIBUTIONS; (2) VERY RAPID AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF THESE DATA; AND (3) AUTOMATED CALIBRATION TO ASSURE IMPROVED PRECISION AND RELIABILITY. IN ADDITION, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE A FLEXIBLE AND VERSATILE SYSTEM, IT WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING RAPID AND AUTOMATIC ARTILLERY IMPACT DETERMINATION, SCORING AND DISPERSION STATISTICS AND CAN READILY BE ADAPTED TO DETERMINE MISS DISTANCES AND PATTERNS FOR ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN FIRINGS.
Technology keywords
Not reported