Nanosecond Gigawatt Radar: Indication of Small Targets Moving Among Heavy Clutters

Abstract

For indication of low-RCS targets moving among natural clutters, radars with short high-power transmitted RF pulses are known (Skolnik, 2001) to be advantageous over radars with relatively long broadband-coded pulses of the same energy. In accordance with the theory(Skolnik, 2001), an experimental X-band nanosecond-gigawatt-pulse radar proved to be efficient for detection, recognition and tracking of ~1 m <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> RCS planes, helicopters and motor boats moving within forest and sea clutters. Further upgrades of the radar are possible.