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Airport surveillance radars |
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ARCON
Engineers have experience with the development of
various ASRs over an extended period. We
supported the development of ASR-11/DASR and
ARSR-4 radars and ASR-11 transmitter. We also
assessed the feasibility of upgrading the ASR-8
Moving Target Indicator (MTI) with a Moving
Target Detector (MTD) subsystem.
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Design and enhancement |
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We have
analyzed the maximization of gain of antenna
arrays and performed radar system design
modification for improving the accuracy of ground
based radar cross section measurements of
low-observable targets. Our engineers have also
developed power multiplier algorithms for radars
that would enable the detection of low SNR
targets. ARCON engineers implemented the
real-time data acquisition and tracking software
of DABS and established its tracking performance.
We developed specifications for the multi-site
IPC subsystem and its integration into Mode S. We
were also involved in the improvement of azimuth
accuracy and the development of driver to
generate uplink messages to multiple targets in
real-time.
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Modeling and simulation |
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ARCON
has developed extensive radar system modeling
expertise and simulation tools to model the
effects of different processing functions’
effects on the signal and its delay. We use these
tools to predict the system degradations and
failures. Our wide range of radar simulation
tools have proven to be useful in predicting the
radar behavior under variety of conditions.
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Radar/System integration |
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Our
skills are particularly strong in integration of
diverse systems for real time applications. We
have developed expertise in integrating radar
systems with wide ranging application systems. We
have gained in-depth experience in modeling and
simulation of radar/system integration.
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Analysis and validation |
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Our engineers were involved in
requirement development and design of beacon
interrogation systems. We have performed
extensive analysis on their performance and
independently evaluated and validated them.
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Radar reinforcement and collimation
analysis |
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Collimation analysis is an important
tool in monitoring the quality of the radar
measurements and the health of the primary and
secondary radar systems. ARCON has developed
wide-ranging software tools to statistically
analyze the collimation performance of various
radar systems and alert the user if there is a
malfunction.
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Garble detection and elimination |
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Garble is a important problem in the
secondary surveillance radar systems particularly
when there are multiple aircraft reply to the
interrogation of multiple radars. ARCON is at the
forefront of the research to eliminate the
ambiguity caused by garble through precision
tracking algorithms and smart target resolution
algorithms.
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