Concepts for Pulse Interleaving Radar Modes Navy SBIR FY2008.1 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2008.1 Topic No.: N08-019 Topic Title: Concepts for Pulse Interleaving Radar Modes Proposal No.: N081-019-0302 Firm: Mustang Technology Group, L.P. 400 W. Bethany Suite 110 Allen, Texas 75013 Contact: Kevin Williamson Phone: (972) 396-4423 Web Site: mustangtechnology.com Abstract: Situational awareness in a littoral environment requires radars to not only detect and track surface vessels but also to discriminate and, if possible, perform classification. To this end multi-mode radars were developed that perform: Wide-area surface surveillance (Maritime Moving Target Indication (MMTI) for detection and tracking, High Range Resolution (HRR) for discrimination, and Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) for further discrimination and possible classification. The difficulty has been in optimally allocating time and beam pointing space for accomplishing these different modes. This proposal takes advantage of state-of-the-art hardware and proposes a pulse-by-pulse mode interleave capability. Benefits: The near-term, specific benefit is to improve detection, track and discrimination ability in littoral environments. However, the advances of this work also apply to many situations where a single set of radar hardware can be used for multiple functions. Return