REAL-TIME RADAR DATA PROCESSING

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE AND OTHER TEST RANGES ARE USING TARGET MOTION RESOLUTION (TMR) FOR THE ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF MISSILE TRAJECTORY PARAMETERS AND FLIGHT DYNAMICS. THESE MEASUREMENTS ARE CURRENTLY PERFORMED IN POST-FLIGHT PROCESSING, AND ARE MANPOWER INTENSIVE AS WELL AS TIME CONSUMING. THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF AUTOMATING THE TMR PROCESSING STEPS SO THAT TRAJECTORY PARAMETERS CAN BE OBTAINED IN NEARREAL TIME. TO PROVE CONCEPT FEASIBILITY, THREE DISTINCT TASKS WILL BE PERFORMED. FIRST, WE WILL RESEARCH THE TECHNIQUE FOR AUTOMATING THE MOTION COMPENSATION PROCESSING FOR TARGETS OF INTEREST. SECOND, ALGORITHMS WILL BE SPECIFIED FOR MEASURING SPIN RATE, CONING MOTIONS, AND EVENT TIMING FROM MOTION COMPENSATED RADAR DATA. FINALLY, THE COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE REQUIRE TO IMPLEMENT THE AUTOMATED TMR IN REAL TIME WILL BE SPECIFIED.