Trends in Defence Electronics:TechnologicalConvergence in Radar and EW

摘要

The history of military electronic Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) since World War II has resulted in large single function systems with increasing performance levels achieved at longer and longer ranges (primarily to protect these expensive assets from evolving threats).1 In almost all countries, successive budget reductions have increased the focus on cost-effective provision of ISTAR where traditional boundaries of militarily specific functions and command chains are called into question. The UK for example has recently imposed some of the most severe reductions consequent on its Strategic Defence and Security Review.