Radar Training System (8096)

Volume 1: Principles of Radar Systems

  • Basic Principles of Pulsed Radar
  • The Range-Delay Relationship
  • Radar Antennas
  • The Radar Equation
  • Radar Transmitter and Receiver
  • Antenna Driving System
  • CW Radar and the Doppler Effect
  • Frequency-Modulated CW Radar
  • Troubleshooting a CW Radar
  • Troubleshooting an FM-CW Radar
  • Troubleshooting a Pulsed Radar: The RF Section

 

Volume 2: Analog MTI Processing

  • Familiarization with the Analog Pulse Radar
  • The PPI Display
  • Phase-Processing MTI
  • Vector-Processing MTI
  • Staggered PRF
  • MTI Limitations
  • Threshold Detection
  • Pulse Integration
  • Sensitivity Time Control
  • Instantaneous Automatic Gain Control
  • The Log-FTC Receiver
  • Constant-False Alarm Rate
  • Troubleshooting the MTI Processor
  • Troubleshooting the Display Processor
  • Troubleshooting an MTI Radar System

 

Volume 3: Digital MTD Processing

  • Familiarization with the Digital Pulse Radar
  • The PPI Display
  • Cell Mapping
  • Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) Processing
  • Constant False-Alarm Rate (CFAR)
  • Correlation and Interpolation (C&I) Processing
  • Surveillance (Track-While-Scan) Processing
  • Troubleshooting the Digital MTD/PPI Processor


Volume 4: Tracking Radar

  • Manual Tracking of a Target
  • Automatic Range Tracking
  • Angle Tracking Techniques
  • Automatic Angle Tracking
  • Range and Angle Tracking Performance (Radar-Dependent Errors)
  • Range and Angle Tracking Performance (Target-Caused Errors)
  • Troubleshooting an Analog Target Tracker


Volume 5: Radar in an Active Target Environment

  • Familiarization with the Radar Jamming Pod
  • Spot Noise Jamming and Burn-Through Range
  • Frequency Agility and Barrage Noise Jamming
  • Video Integration and Track-On-Jamming
  • Antennas in EW: Sidelobe Jamming and Space Discrimination
  • Deception Jamming using the Radar Jamming Pod
  • Range Gate Pull-Off
  • Stealth Technology: The Quest for Reduced RCS
  • Deceptive Jamming Using Amplitude-Modulated Signals
  • Cross-Polarization Jamming
  • Multiple-Source Jamming Techniques
  • Chaff Clouds
  • Chaff Clouds used as Decoys


Volume 6: The Phased Array Antenna

  • Basic Principles, Operation and Adjustments
  • The True-Time Delay Rotman Lens
  • The Switching Matrix
  • Beamwidth Measurement
  • Radiation Pattern Measurement
  • Angular Separation Measurement
  • Phased Array Antenna Gain Measurement
  • Maximum Scan Angle Measurement
  • Target Bearing Estimation
  • Target Speed Estimation