Summary
The completely rewritten and revised Second Edition updates a famous work originally published by the Hughes Aircraft Company. Much more than a simple introduction, the boook is actually a history, reference, tech manual, and textbook rolled into one beautiful illustrated volume, packed with full color photos, drawings, tables and charts, plus knowledgeable, informative text.
Twelve new chapters cover all the sophisticated stealth radar techniques. Over 90% of the illustrations are in color as the book describes over a dozen airborne radar systems currently in service, from long-range surveillance to environmental monitoring. The first three chapters can be used as a standalone briefing on modern radar for readers who need a quick introduction. |
Table of Contents
Overview of Airborne Radar
Basic Concepts
Approaches to Implementation
Representative Applications
Essential Groundwork
Radio Waves and Alternating Current Signals
Key to a Nonmathematical Understanding of Radar
The Ubiquitous Decibel
Radar Fundamentals
Choice of Radio Frequency
Directivity and the Antenna Beam
Pulsed Operation
Detection Range
The Range Equation, What It Does and Doesn't Tell Us
Pulse Delay Ranging
Pulse Compressions
FM Ranging
Pulse Doppler Radar
Doppler Effect
Spectrum of Pulsed Signal
Mysteries of Pulsed Spectrum Unveiled
Sensing Doppler Frequencies
How Digital Filters Work
The Digital Filter Bank and the FFT
Measuring Range Rate
Return from the Ground
Sources and Spectra of Ground Return
Effect of Range and Doppler Ambiguities on Ground Clutter
Separating Ground-Moving Targets from Clutter
Air-to-Air Operation
The Crucial Choice of PRF
Low PRF Operation
Medium PRF Operation
High PRF Operation
Automatic Tracking
High-Resolution Ground Mapping and Imaging
Meeting High-Resolution Ground Mapping Requirements
Principles of Synthetic Array (Aperture) Radar
SAR Design Considerations
SAR Operating Modes
Radar in Electronic Warfare
Electronic Countermeasure Techniques (ECM)
Electronic Counter Countermeasure (ECCM)
Electronic Warfare Intelligence
Advanced Concepts
Electronically-Steered Array Antennas (ESAs)
ESA Design
Antenna RCS Reduction
Advanced Radar Techniques
Advanced Waveforms and Mode Control
Low Probability of Intercept (LPI)
Advanced Processor Architecture
Representative Radar Systems
Reconnaisance and Surveillance
E-2C Hawkeye
E-3 AWACS Radar
Joint STARS
Fighter & Attack
F-22
F-16 C/D
F-18 C/D
F-4E
Strategic Bombing
B-2 Bomber
B-1B Radar
Attack Helicopter
AH-64D Apache
Transport/Tanker Navigation
C-130 Hercules
Civil Applications
RDR-4B Civil Weather Radar
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