Table of Contents

Overview
Preface
Sample Chapter

1  INTRODUCTION 

1.1  Basic Radar Operation     

1.2  Basic Radar Types 

1.3  Electromagnetic Propagation Fundamentals

1.4  Radar Band Designation 

1.5  Electronic Warfare Taxonomy

2   PULSE RADAR CONCEPTS

2.1  Pulse Radar Block Diagram   

2.2  Range-Related Calculations   

2.3  Normal Pulse Radar Operation   

2.4  Pulse Width and PRF Considerations   

2.5  Summary  

3   BASIC RADAR ANTENNAS

3.1  Major Antenna Types  

3.2  Antenna Characteristics  

3.3  Electronically Steered Planar Arrays 

3.4  Summary   

4   RADAR DISPLAYS AND INTERFACES    

4.1  Radar Displays   

4.2  Radar Interfaces   

5   RADAR RANGE EQUATION     

5.1  Derivation of the RRE    

5.2  Minimum Detectable Signal Strength   

5.3  Pulse Integration  

5.4  System Losses 

5.5  Radar Cross-Section     

5.6  COSEC2 Revisited  

5.7  Examples and Calculations   

5.8  One-Way Radar Range Equation   

5.9  Summary 

6   CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR

6.1  Doppler Effect  

6.2  CW Radar Block Diagram     

6.3  CW Radar Characteristics 

6.4  Summary  

7   FREQUENCY-MODULATED CW RADAR

7.1  FM CW Block Diagram   

7.2  FM CW Characteristics 

8  PULSE DOPPLER RADAR 109

8.1  Pulse Doppler Radar Concepts  8.2  Moving Target indication  

9   TRACKING RADAR TECHNIQUES  

9.1  Target Acquisition

9.2  Tracking Radar  

9.3  Other Tracking Radar Concepts   

9.4  Summary   

10   PULSE COMPRESSION 

10.1  Concept of Operation   

10.2  Revised Radar Range Equation   

10.3  Range Resolution    

10.4  Minimum or Blind Range  

10.5  Design Considerations   

10.6  Worked Example   

10.7  Summary   

11   SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR 

11.1  SAR Concepts     

11.2  Unfocussed SAR  

11.3  Focussed SAR 

11.4  Design Issues 

11.5  Inverse SAR 

11.6  Summary 

12   SECONDARY SURVEILLANCE RADAR  

12.1  Civilian Air Traffic Control Applications  

12.2  Military Applications   

12.3  SSR Antennas 

13    THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT   

13.1  Reflection From the Earth’s Surface   

13.2  Refraction  

13.3  Attenuation  

13.4  External Noise 

13.5  Summary  

14   CLUTTER

14.1  Clutter Calculations   

14.2  Clutter Description  

14.3  Detecting Targets in Clutter 

14.4  Summary     

15   RADAR RECEIVER TECHNIQUES  

15.1  Sensitivity Time Control (STC)  

15.2  Instant Automatic Gain Control (IAGC)   

15.3  Logarithmic-Fast Time Constant (Log-FTC) 

16   ELECTRONIC SUPPORT

16.1  The Need for ES 

16.2  The ES Process

16.3  ES Equipment     

16.4  Challenges of ES – Probability of Intercept     

16.5  Summary 

17   ELECTRONIC ATTACK

17.1  EA Process 

17.2  EA Tactics 

17.3  EA Tools and Techniques 

17.4  Summary  

18   ELECTRONIC PROTECTION

18.1  Burnthrough Revisited 

18.2  Radar's Inherent EP   

18.3  Antenna Design Considerations 

18.4  Transmitter Design Considerations   

18.5  Receiver Design Considerations  

18.6  Summary  

APPENDICES

A  ACRONYMS   

B  COMMON PREFIXES AND THE GREEK ALPHABET

C  DECIBELS  

INDEX 

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