Object-Oriented Radar Analysis and Simulation Building Blocks

"Radar simulation is an important tool in the design and analysis of radar systems.The radar engineer typically uses radar simulations and other computer computationsto perform trade studies of configurations, develop signal and data processingalgorithms, and analyze performance. These simulations are usually built from scratch,possibly leveraging code from existing simulations, to meet the needs of thespecific radar being designed at significant cost in money and time to a program.The resulting simulation is often not user-friendly, understood by only thedevelopers themselves, and not very flexible, requiring significant modification toincorporate even simple design or operational changes. Unfortunately, radar engineersdo not have available to them a Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) product that willfacilitate the development of radar simulations. The creation of a completely genericsimulation is not practical. However, building blocks can be created that theengineer can choose and assemble to make calculations and perform simulations atvarious levels of fidelity while retaining complete knowledge of the models andproviding for future growth. This proposal is to investigate the feasibility ofcreating these building blocks to provide modeling capabilities for all types ofradars. This type of COTS product would allow the radar engineer to quickly make computationsand build simulations of all types of radars. The building blocks created