Stability Improvements of Radar Transmitters

Recently, the Navy has seen a shift from open-ocean or “blue-water” operations to littoral or “brown-water” operations, with warships operating close to shore in high clutter environments. The TNC filter provides a low cost solution CIF improvement. This technology is applicable to several radar families that are fielded and in development. Phase II of the program will focus on characterizing and improving the robustness of the TNC algorithm for a specific radar system and developing the software and hardware for prototype testing of the algorithm. An error framework model will be used to add radar-specific error sources to the TNC algorithm. The MATLAB® model will be optimized for performance in the presence of these errors. A software model and interface board will be developed for integration with the target radar in the final option. Field experiments will be conducted to verify the performance of enhancements to the filter.