SECONDARY SENSOR FOR ANTI-RADIATION MISSILES

THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH OF MILLIMETER WAVE (MMW) UTILIZING THE MOST ADVANCED ACTIVE END GAME HOMING SENSOR IN AN AUGMENTATED SHARED APERTURE MODE WITH ANTI-RADIATION HOUSING WEAPON SYSTEMS. THIS DUAL MODE SENSOR SYSTEM APPROACH WILL BE ABLE TO PENETRATE THE COUNTERMEASURE TECHNIQUE SUCH AS RADIATION SOURCE SHUT DOWN NEAR THE TARGET AREA. THE ACTIVE MMW TERMINAL SENSOR EMPLOYS A COMMON APERTURE TWO PLANE LINEAR ANTENNA ARRAY FOR BOTH TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING. THE MMW ANTENNA ARRAY IS CO-LOCATED WITH ARH SPIRALS, MOUNTED IN AN X CONFIGURATION BETWEEN SPIRALS, AND IS COMPATIBLE WITH EITHER GIMBALED OR FIXED BODY CONFIGURATION. THE ARRAY PROVIDES A WIDE ACQUISITION FIELD FOR ARH HAND-OVER AND GENERATES DIRECTIONAL GAIN WHICH RESULTS IN HIGH ACCURACY AND MODERATE ACQUISITION RANGES. THE MMW PROCESSOR UTILIZES TARGET RECOGNITION ALGORITHMS FOR CORRELATION PURPOSES AND TERMINAL ACCURACY ENHANCEMENT.