Short Study on Performances of Air Surveillance Augmented by Twin Radars

Balajti, István (2014) Short Study on Performances of Air Surveillance Augmented by Twin Radars. ACADEMIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, 13 (1). pp. 1-16. ISSN 2064-0021

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Abstract

Detection of targets at low altitudes with low Radar Cross Section (RCS) such as drones and stealth could challenge Air Surveillance systems and this situation must be addressed in a cost-effective way. This paper summarizes the newly emerged technical challenges of the Control and Reporting Centre (CRC) and gives solutions how to overcome recognized shortcomings, highlights problems and requirements related to drones maneuvering capabilities and their very low RCS. This article summarizes challenges and gives a synthesized solution to the network centric approach based on the short distance Gaussian bi-static radar concept called twin radar coherent signal fusion. The idea is to explore advantages of the twin radar concept such as doubled detection range, increased, superior angular resolution of the system and increased plot update frequency. Examples for the twin radar performance demonstration are based on VHF radar, which has unique capabilities such as exploitation of multipath and resonance frequency for drones. A few peculiarities of the new signal processing are introduced with the extended air traffic control and monitoring network structure.

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