Document Title : Application of Pattern Recognition
Techniques for Early Warning Radar (EWR) Discrimination.
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AD Number: ADA298895
Subject Categories: ACTIVE & PASSIVE RADAR DETECTION & EQUIPMENT
Corporate Author: SENCOM CORP BEDFORD MA
Title: Application of Pattern
Recognition Techniques for Early Warning Radar (EWR) Discrimination.
Descriptive Note: Progress rept. no. 2,
Personal Authors: Foster, Thomas
Report Date: 27 JAN 95
Pages: 42 PAGES
Contract Number:
N00014-94-C-0240
Monitor Acronym: XB
Monitor Series: ONR
Descriptors: *PATTERN RECOGNITION, *SEARCH RADAR, *PHASED ARRAYS, *EARLY
WARNING SYSTEMS, GUIDED MISSILES, REQUIREMENTS, ORGANIZATIONS, ANTIMISSILE
DEFENSE SYSTEMS, ATTACK, TRACKING, RADAR CROSS SECTIONS, ULTRAHIGH FREQUENCY,
LIMITED WARFARE.
Identifiers: EWR(EARLY WARNING RADAR), BMEWS(BALLISTIC
MISSILE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM), EWS(EARLY WARNING SYSTEM)
Abstract:
The PAVE PAWS and the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS)
radars are phased array radars which support the Early Warning System (EWS).
These radars operate at UHF and were designed to detect and track large numbers
of objects, as part of the then perceived threat, i.e., a massive ballistic
missile attack of hundreds of ICBMs/SLBMs. Discrimination and tracking of
individual objects were not optimized in their design. In our recent work over
the past two years in support of the Ballistic Missile Defense
Organization (BMDO), we have noted that the radar cross section (RCS) data
generated by a PAVE PAWS radar appears to contain information that might be
exploited by using pattern recognition techniques. It is our purpose to study
and present techniques by which this information can be extracted and exploited
against today's perceived threat, which is a limited ballistic missile
attack, during which the discrimination and tracking of individual objects
becomes a prime requirement. (KAR) p. 4
Limitation Code: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC
RELEASE
Source Code: 429883