ATI's Radar 201 - Advances in Modern Radar course

Summary: This one-day course is a supplement to the basic course Radar 101, and probes deliberately deeper into selected topics, notably in signal processing to achieve (generally) finer and finer resolution (in several dimensions, imaging included) and in antennas wherein the versatility of the phased array has made such an impact. Finally, advances in radar's own data processing - auto-detection, more refined association processes, and improved auto-tracking - and system wide fusion processes are briefly discussed. Instructor: R. T. Hill: Course Outline: Introduction and underlying theory (1.5 hours) Radar's development, the metamorphosis of the last few decades, the "change in direction" of radar's continuing evolution Information content of signals, resolution theory, the autocorrelation function; matched filter theory and its multiple applications in modern radar The role in radar played by the antenna, the phased array impact Modern signal processing (2 hours) Pulse compression and the achievement of range resolution, techniques, phase codes, selection of "good" codes Doppler processing and the achievement of radial velocity resolution; the extraordinary extension into target imaging Polarimetric radars and related processing Modern antenna development (1.5 hours) The advent of the phased array, truly a "radar revolution" Array techniques surveyed, componentry, design choices Array behavior with scan, the input impedance problem The "active" array The "adaptive" array, from CSLC work through "full" adaptivity Modern data processing in radar (1.5 hours) Modern radar as a system element and the importance of the properly composed output report Recent advances in the troublesome "association" process The challenge of defining a target, and tracking it, in radars of extremely fine resolution Modern "system level" considerations, data fusion, radar's role Concluding discussion (0.5 hour) Today's concern of mission uncertainties, variability, adaptability Today's architectural considerations, shared apertures, systems physical integration and the like; associated challenges Tuition: Tuition for this one-day course is $1000 per person. Please call us at 410-956-8805 or send an email to ati@ATIcourses.com. Register Now Without Obligation