A wide field of view radar for Sense and Avoid on UAV using space coloring waveforms

Up to now, UAV are employed in crisis or war times. For training purposes, some areas are especially attributed for UAV deployment in a limited space area and in a limited time slot. In the future, both for emerging civilian applications and for training purpose, these limitations will no longer be...

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Published inThe 7th European Radar Conference pp. 220 - 223
Main Authors Kemkemian, Stephane, Nouvel-Fiani, Myriam, Cornic, Pascal, Garrec, Patrick
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.09.2010
Subjects
Accuracy
Arrays
Receiving antennas
Spaceborne radar
Unmanned aerial vehicles
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Summary:Up to now, UAV are employed in crisis or war times. For training purposes, some areas are especially attributed for UAV deployment in a limited space area and in a limited time slot. In the future, both for emerging civilian applications and for training purpose, these limitations will no longer be acceptable and UAV will have to be inserted in the general Air Traffic. Thus, "Sense and Avoid" systems will be mandatory. The radar is the most pertinent non-cooperative "all-weather" sensor because it provides, by essence, accurate ranging, direction and closing speed. In this paper, we propose a low cost radar solution based on space coloring waveforms. This design allows the implementation of the radar within the UAV airframe without any moving parts.
ISBN:9781424472345
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