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MULTISTATIC PROJECTILE TRACKING RADAR

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 15753
Amount: $49,900.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1991
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
540 Edgewater Dr
Wakefield, MA 01880
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 J I Galdos
 Principal Investigator
 (617) 245-9090
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED WORK IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE SIMULTANEOUS TRACKING OF SUBMUNITIONS AND DEBRIS DISPENSED BY AN ARTILLERY PROJECTILE, WITH A MULTISTATIC RADAR SYSTEM BASED ON THE HAWK VELOCIMETER. SUCH A SYSTEM IS REQUIRED FOR THE GATHERING OF AERODYNAMIC AND BALLISTIC TEST DATA AS AN AID IN THE DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF U.S. ARMY MUNITIONS. THE PROPOSAL FORMULATES A PLAN FOR THE ANALYSIS OF DESIGN OPTIONS AND THE ASSOCIATED COSTS AND ACCURACIES. IMPORTANT RADAR SYSTEM CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS ARE SPECIFIED. METHODOLOGY FOR PREDICTING CONFIGURATION ACCURACY IS DESCRIBED. TWO CANDIDATE SIANGL/DATA PROCESSING ARCHIETECTURES OF VARYING COST AND ACCURACY ARE FORMULATED. KEY SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHM PARAMETERS ARE IDENTIFIED. NONLINEAR FILTERING AND DATA ASSOCIATION ALGORITHMS ARE PROPOSED FOR BOTH REAL-TIME AND POST-MISSION ANALYSIS.

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