Digital Cellular-Phone Transceiver-based Foliage Penetration Interferometric SAR for EO/IR Sensor Fusion ATR

The goal of the Foliage Penetration Interferometric SAR (IFSAR)project is the development of an IFSAR prototype using low-cost,commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components for automatic targetrecognition on UAV operations. In order to expand the IFSARutility to UAVs in today's military, a number of hurdles must beovercome. First, a low-power and compact prototype must beprovided due to the limited payload and power resources on aUAV. Next, a low-cost and pseudo real-time design is highlydemanded in military UAV operations because they can becontinuously integrated and upgraded with the advent of newdevelopment. During the Phase I effort, Trident successfullyaccomplished (1) algorithm development and performance analysis;and (2) prototyping a low-cost and implementable radar. Tridentproposes to continue development of the IFSAR prototype byinvestigating all implementation aspects, augmenting andimproving existing techniques and manipulation capabilities, andintegrating COTS components. Phase II will include seven majortask areas which collectively represent an aggressive, success-oriented approach culminating in the production of a functionalprototype suitable for evaluation and testing in simulated andreal-world environments. In addition, the development processwill ensure the existence of migration paths for Phase IIIapplications of the resulting technology. The successful completion of this Phase II effort will significantly advance the capability to portray a low cost, high performance, low power, portable, compact, high speed, and digital radar system. Thetechnology developed during Phase II can be readily adapted to existing and planned systems. Specific military and commercial applications include a hand held SAR tool, airport airborne reconnaissance systems, surveillance and air traffic control, andenvironmental monitoring devices.