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This report builds on the work of SET-101, which looked at noise radar technology. It moves on to study the capabilities of noise radar for meeting military applications. It updates the study of the technology to take account of new developments and to concentrate on issues which are known to be important for noise radars. The key benefits of noise radar are its robust electronic protection capabilities and its ability to provide the multiple waveforms needed for multiple input, multiple output radars. The chief difficulty in implementing noise radars is handling the dynamic range of returns. It concludes that with only a minor stretch of current technology, noise radars could be fielded, to provide unprecedented electronic protection capabilities to low-power military radars for applications such as battlefield surveillance and missile fusing. The report includes a world-wide study of activity in noise radar and concludes that they could pose a threat to NATO’s spectrum dominance within the next five years. The report also includes a description of a data-gathering trial carried out under the auspices of the group which has provided data to address some of the key issues which must be addressed in order fully to develop noise radars.
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STOAbstract |
This report builds on the work of SET-101, which looked at noise radar technology. It moves on to study the capabilities of noise radar for meeting military applications. It updates the study of the technology to take account of new developments and to concentrate on issues which are known to be important for noise radars. The key benefits of noise radar are its robust electronic protection capabilities and its ability to provide the multiple waveforms needed for multiple input, multiple output radars. The chief difficulty in implementing noise radars is handling the dynamic range of returns. It concludes that with only a minor stretch of current technology, noise radars could be fielded, to provide unprecedented electronic protection capabilities to low-power military radars for applications such as battlefield surveillance and missile fusing. The report includes a world-wide study of activity in noise radar and concludes that they could pose a threat to NATO’s spectrum dominance within the next five years. The report also includes a description of a data-gathering trial carried out under the auspices of the group which has provided data to address some of the key issues which must be addressed in order fully to develop noise radars.
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