Study of the X-Band Radar Signature Characteristics for Main Battle Tanks in Operational Environments

摘要

An analysis of target separability has been performed under an OSD Target Management Initiative program entitled Radar Variations.(1,3,5,7) The program has concentrated on analyzing radar signatures from multiple main battle tanks(MBTs) in order to quantify the differences in Ka-band signatures of vehicles due to intraclass and interclass target variations. As a significant factor in the success of the Radar Variations program, U Mass Lowells Submillimeter-Wave Technology Laboratory (STL) and U.S. Army National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) fabricated 1/16th scale exact replicas of the vehicles used in the Ka-band radar signature acquisition study directed by Simulation Technologies, Inc. (SimTech) and Targets Management Office (TMO). These replicas enabled NGIC to measure statistically significant amounts of highfidelity signature data for a variety of target configurations with an indoor compact radar range. (3,7).