Abstract: An AWTSS is shown to be made up of an improved synthetic aperture radar (SAR) for generating radar maps with various degrees or resolution required for navigation of an aircraft and detection of ground targets in the presence of electronic countermeasures and clutter. The SAR consists, in effect, of four frequency-agile radars sharing quadrants of a single array antenna mounted within a radome on a "four axis" gimbal with a sidelobe cancelling subarray mounted at the phase center of each quadrant. Motion sensors are also mounted on the single array antenna to provide signals for compensating for vibration and stored compensating signals are used to compensate for radome-induced errors. In addition, a single processor is shown which is selectively operable to generate radar maps of any one of a number of desired degrees of resolution, such processor being adapted to operate in the presence of clutter or jamming signals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 29, 1980
Date of Patent:
December 22, 1992
Assignee:
Raytheon Company
Inventors:
Benjamin L. Young, Rosario Mangiapane, Jerome H. Pozgay
Abstract: An AWTSS is shown to be made up of an improved synthetic aperture radar (SAR) for generating radar maps with various degrees of resolution required for navigation of an aircraft and detection of ground targets in the presence of electronic countermeasures and clutter. The SAR consists, in effect, of four frequency-agile radars sharing quadrants of a single array antenna mounted within a radome on a "four axis" gimbal with a sidelobe cancelling subarray mounted at the phase center of each quadrant. Motions sensors are also mounted on the single array antenna to provide signals for compensating for vibration and stored compensating signals are used to compensate for radome-induced errors. In addition, a signal processor is shown which is selectively operable to generate radar maps of any one of a number of desired degrees of resolution, such processor being adapted to operate in the presence of clutter or jamming signals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 29, 1980
Date of Patent:
December 22, 1992
Assignee:
Raytheon Company
Inventors:
Rosario Mangiapane, George W. Ogar, Albert H. Long
Abstract: 1. In a signaling system for transmitting with secrecy signals of varying amplitude, means to encipher said signals comprising means to produce variable key currents and means to combine said signals with said key currents to produce for transmission combination signal and key currents, and means to modify the variable key current that is sent whenever the signal has zero value.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 10, 1945
Date of Patent:
March 16, 1976
Assignee:
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated