Multi-mission, autonomous, synthetic aperture radar

Thomas J. Walls; Michael L. Wilson; David Madsen; Mark Jensen; Stephanie Sullivan; Michael Addario; Iain Hally

doi:10.1117/12.2053561

29 May 2014 Multi-mission, autonomous, synthetic aperture radar

Thomas J. Walls, Michael L. Wilson, David Madsen, Mark Jensen, Stephanie Sullivan, Michael Addario, Iain Hally

Proceedings Volume 9077, Radar Sensor Technology XVIII; 907706 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053561
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2014, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

Unmanned aerial systems (UASs) have become a critical asset in current battlespaces and continue to play an increasing role for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. With the development of medium-to-low altitude, rapidly deployable aircraft platforms, the ISR community has seen an increasing push to develop ISR sensors and systems with real-time mission support capabilities. This paper describes recent flight demonstrations and test results of the RASAR (Real-time, Autonomous, Synthetic Aperture Radar) sensor system. RASAR is a modular, multi-band (L and X) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging sensor designed for self-contained, autonomous, real-time operation with mission flexibility to support a wide range of ISR needs within the size, weight and power constraints of Group III UASs. The sensor command and control and real-time image formation processing are designed to allow integration of RASAR into a larger, multi-intelligence system of systems. The multi-intelligence architecture and a demonstration of real-time autonomous cross-cueing of a separate optical sensor will be presented.

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Thomas J. Walls, Michael L. Wilson, David Madsen, Mark Jensen, Stephanie Sullivan, Michael Addario, and Iain Hally "Multi-mission, autonomous, synthetic aperture radar", Proc. SPIE 9077, Radar Sensor Technology XVIII, 907706 (29 May 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053561

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