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TACTICAL FIGHTER X-BAND RADAR COHERENT SIDELOBE CANCELLER

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 12148
Amount: $49,977.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1990
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
309 Curtis St
Syracuse, NY 13208
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Donald R Miedaner
 (315) 475-1121
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Research Institution
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Abstract

THIS PROJECT IS AIMED AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF COHERENT SIDELOBE CANCELLER (CSLC) TECHNOLOGY IN THE HIGHER MICROWAVE REGION FOR APPLICATION TO THE TACTICAL FIGHTER X-BAND RADAR. IT WILL SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS A NUMBER OF DESIGN ISSUES, INCLUDING AUXILIARY ANTENNA DESIGN, CLUTTER/JAMMER INTERACTIONS, BLINKING JAMMERS, SLOW CONVERGENCE OF LMS ALGORITHMS, APPLICATION OF SMI ALGORITHMS, MOTION EFFECTS, RF-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION ERRORS, ERROR EFFECTS DUE TO MULTIPATH SCATTERING AND POLARIZATION EFFECTS. A KEY FEATURE OF THE PROGRAM IS THE APPLICATION OF SPACE/TIME ADAPTIVITY TO THE CLUTTER/JAMMER INTERACTION PROBLEM. THIS MAY ALSO IMPROVE OVERALL CLUTTER SUPPRESSION PERFORMANCE OF THE RADAR BY ADAPTIVELY CANCELLING SIDELOBE CLUTTER, ALONG WITH SIDELOBE JAMMING, USING A CSLC AUXILIARY ARRAY. ANOTHER FEATURE OF THE PROJECT IS THE USE OF A TIME-SAMPLE COMPUTER MODEL, IMPLEMENTED ON A HIGH SPEED ARRAY PROCESSOR IN A SUN WORKSTATION ENVIRONMENT, WHICH WILL CLOSELY REPRESENT REAL HARDWARE. FINALLY, THE PROJECT WILL DEFINE A PHASE II PROGRAM WHICH WILL DEVELOP AN EXPERIMENTAL X-BAND TEST BED FOR CONDUCTING LABORATORY AND ROOF TOP TESTS.

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