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Innovative Fire Control Radar Technology for Improved Sensing and Engagement of…

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Army 		Award ID:
92001 		Program Year/Program:
2009 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
A083-164-0383 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Propagation Research Associates
1275 Kennestone Circle Suite 100 Marietta, GA -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2009
Title: Innovative Fire Control Radar Technology for Improved Sensing and Engagement of Tactical Short-Range Airborne Threats
Agency / Branch: DOD / ARMY
Contract: W31P4Q-09-C-0304
Award Amount: $70,000.00
 

Abstract:

Propagation Research Associates, Inc., (PRA) proposes an innovative distributed aperture radar technology that uses waveform diversity for effective implementation of fire control and engagement capabilities to defeat multiple attacks from any direction. Force protection against low-cost, ballistic threats imposes challenges for a Fire Control Radar (FCR) that is charged with tracking and directing fire to negate these threats. An FCR is required to support several functions such as search, track, weapon assignment, target engagement, impact point prediction, and launch point estimation. The proposed PRA radar technology reduces radar resources required to deal with these functions through the implementation of three (or more) distributed phased arrays to provide enhanced multipath mitigation and improved accuracy over conventional radar architectures. The distributed aperture radar can implement both command guidance and a unique semi-active guidance concept in a single radar design without adding significant cost to a missile interceptor. The semi-active guidance technology integrates elements of command guidance and semi-active guidance to address saturated threat attacks without seriously impacting cost and radar resources.

Principal Investigator:

E. Jeff Holder
Principal Research Scientist
6783843402
jeff.holder@pra-corp.com

Business Contact:

Susan Dugas
Vice President
6783843401
contracts@pra-corp.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

PROPAGATION RESEARCH ASSOC.
1275 Kennestone Circle Suite 100 Marietta, GA 30066

EIN/Tax ID: 582611610
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No