MULTI-BEAM PHASED-ARRAY SENSOR FOR TANK DEFENSE

TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TANK DEFENSE SYSTEMS, MULTI-BEAM PHASED ARRAY SENSORS FOR THE DETECTION AND TRACKING OF HOSTILE PROJECTILES ARE BEING ANALYZED. AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE SUCH SENSORS MAY BE TESTED AT LOW-COST IS DESIRED. SUCH AN ENVIRONMENT CAN BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE USE OF MODELING AND SIMULATION, COMBINED WITH THE DEMONSTRATION OF A HARDWARE PROTOTYPE. FOR THIS PHASE I TASK, A SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT THAT CAN BE USED TO SUPPORT SENSOR DEVELOPMENT TO ENHANCE ARMORED VEICLE SURVIVABILITY WILL BE DEMONSTRATED. SENSORS MODELS WILL MEASURE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN PROTECTING TANKS AGAINST HOSTILE WEAPONS. MULTIPLE SIMULATIONS CAN BE PERFORMED TO DETERMINE SENSOR LOCATION TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT COVERAGE. GRAPHICS WILL BE USED TO DISPLAY IN SLOW MOTION THE ACTIVITY IN EACH BEAM OF THE ARRAY SENSOR. THIS SENSOR IS PROPOSED WITH AN INNOVATIVE CONCEPT FOR AN ELECTRONIC BEAM SCAN, AND MULTI-BEAM RECEIVER CONSTRUCTION AND SIGNAL PROCESSING. WE WILL DEMONSTRATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH SENSOR EFFECTIVENESS CAN BE TESTED AND EVALUATED, AS WELL AS A HARDWARE DEMONSTRATION OF A SINGLE-BEAM PSEUDO-RANDOM-CODED WAVEFORM RADAR AT 60 GHZ TO ILLUSTRATE PROOF OF CONCEPT.