SBIR/STTR Research Award
RADAR CONCEPT FOR COVER CONCEALMENT AND DECEPTION (CC&D) PENETRATION ADVANCEMENT
Award amount
$490,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Light Speed Technologies Corp.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
LIGHT SPEED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA, HAS DEVELOPED THE FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGY FOR AN ADVANCED RADAR CONCEPT WHICH OFFERS QUANTUM INCREASES IN RADAR PERFORMANCE OVER THE TRADITIONAL RADAR APPROACHES. THE BASIC CONCEPT HAS BROAD APPLICATION AND PROVIDES POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO MANY PRESENT AND FUTURE RADAR REQUIREMENTS. THIS TECHNOLOGY OFFERS SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREAS OF ENHANCED RADAR RESOLUTION (RANGE, DOPPLER, AND ANGLE), REDUCED SIGNATURE, CLUTTER PENETRATION, AND ALL WEATHER PERFORMANCE. THE BASIC TRANSMITTER CONCEPT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND DEMONSTRATED BY LIGHT SPEED TECHNOLOGIES. THE PROPOSED PHASE ONE EFFORT WILL ADDRESS COVER, CONCEALMENT, AND DECEPTION (CC&D) PENETRATION CONCEPTS USING TIME DOMAIN SPREAD SPECTRUM SYNTHETIC APERATURE RADAR (TDSSSAR) FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE SIGNATURE OF A C3 HEADQUARTERS.
Technology keywords
Not reported