AN OPTICAL ADJUNCT ADD-ON MILLIMETER-WAVE (MMW) RADAR BEING CONSIDERED BY THE ARMY FOR RANGING TO INCOMMING RENTRY VEHICLES AND DECOY DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF THE LONG RANGE,LIMITED ATTENA APERATURE, AND LOW TARGET CROSS SECTION, A LARGE TRANSMITTED

AN OPTICAL ADJUNCT ADD-ON MILLIMETER-WAVE (MMW) RADAR BEING CONSIDERED BY THE ARMY FOR RANGING TO INCOMMING RENTRY VEHICLES AND DECOY DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF THE LONG RANGE,LIMITED ATTENA APERATURE, AND LOW TARGET CROSS SECTION, A LARGE TRANSMITTED ENERGY IS REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE ACCEPTABLE SIGNAL-NOISE RATIOS. LIMITATIONS ON THE PEAK POWER ACHIEVABLE AT MILLIMETER WAVELENGHTS LEADS TO A REQUIREMENT FOR A HIGH POWER MMW PULSE COMPRESSION SYSTEM CCAPABLE OF PULSE COMPRESSION RATIOS IN EXCESS OF 200,000:1. CYBERDYNAMICS INCORPORATED HAS DEVELOPED A FULLY-COHERENT MMW LINEAR FM PULSE COMPRESSION SYSTEM WHICH, THROUGH THE USE OF ADAPTIVE TECHNIQUES, HAS DEMONSTRATED PERFORMANCE SUPERIOR TO ANY PRIOR ART. CYBERDYNAMICS INCORPORATED PROPOSES TO PERFORM A SYSTEM CONCEPT DEFINITION AND TECHNICAL RISK ASSESSMENT, AND TO DEVELOP A FEASABILITY DEMONSTRATION PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH POWER MMW LINEAR FM PULSE COMPRESSION SYSTEM BASED ON THESE ADAPTIVE TECHNIQUES.