Identification of ground targets in airborne surveillance radar returns

摘要

A method and apparatus are described for use during testing of air-borne ground surveillance radar installations to provide positive identification of targets and other ground features in the recorded or displayed radarreturns. The apparatus includes a first imaging system, such as a film camera (6), arranged to film an area (3) on the ground ahead of the aircraft (1) which is also surveyed by the surveillance radar (2), a second imaging system, such as another film camera (7), arranged to film an area on the ground directly below the aircraft and a synchronisation unit (9) operating in dependence of the aircraft's ground speed (V) and either marking or labelling the films and the radar returns or controlling the timing of operations of the cameras (6 and 7) and a radar return recorder (4) so that images produced by the second camera (7) are correlated with the image and the radar return stored and recorded by the camera (6) and recorder (4) respectively to facilitate analysis of test data relating to the performance of the radar installation.