Radar Types

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Continuous, surveillance, saturation, simultaneous, weight, dimension, guide, sequence, precision, gauge, echo, acquire.

Words to be learnt

to divide into- делить на…

hardware- оборудование, аппаратное обеспечение

software- программное обеспечение

to develop- развивать, разрабатывать

damage assessment- оценка (анализ) неисправности

mainly- в основном, главным образом

array- многовибраторная антенна

saturation attack- массированная атака

jamming- помехи, глушение

sumiltaneous- одновременный

data rate- скорость передачи данных

resolution- разрешение

to meet- отвечать(напр.требованиям)

to intercept- перехватить (самолёт, информацию…)

precision- точный

to observe- наблюдать

speed gauge- прибор для измерения скорости

altimeter- высотометр

scatterometer- измеритель рассеяния

to emit- излучать

transponder- приёмоответчик

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Radar systems may be divided into types based on the designed use. Radars configurations include Monopulse radar, Bistatic radar, Doppler radar, Continuous-wave radar, etc. depending on the types of hardware and software used. It is used in aviation (Primary and secondary radar), sea vessels, law enforcement, weather surveillance, ground mapping, geophysical surveys, and biological research. Radar originally was developed to meet the needs of the military services, and it continues to have critical applications for national defense purposes. For instance, radars are used to detect aircraft, missiles, artillery and mortar projectiles, ships, land vehicles, and satellites. In addition, radar controls and guides weapons; allows one class of target to be distinguished from another; aids in the navigation of aircraft and ships; and assists in reconnaissance and damage assessment. Military radar systems can be divided into three main classes based on platform: land-based, shipborne, and airborne. Within these broad classes, there are several other categories based mainly on the operational use of the radar system.

Multi Function Radars

Active array MultiFunction Radars (MFRs) enable modern weapon systems to cope with saturation attacks of very small radar cross-section missiles in a concentrated jamming environment. Such MFRs have to provide a large number of fire-control channels, simultaneous tracking of both hostile and defending missiles and mid-course guidance commands.

Multi Target Tracking Radar

Operational functions of a MultiTarget Tracking Radar (MTTR) include:

• long-range search;

• search information with high data rate for low-flying aircraft;

• search information with high resolution of close in air targets;

• automatic position and height information;

• simultaneous tracking of a lot of aircraft targets;

• target designation facilities for other systems.

Air Traffic Control Radar Sets

Air traffic control radars are used both at civilian and military airports. Airborne radar is designed especially to meet the strict space and weight limitations that are necessary for all airborne equipment. Even so, airborne radar sets develop the same peak power as shipboard and shore-based sets. In fighter aircraft, the primary mission of radar is to aid in the search, interception, and destruction of enemy aircraft.

Air-Defense Radar

Air-Defense Radars can detect air targets and determine their position, course, and speed in a relatively large area. The maximum range of Air-Defense Radar can exceed 300 miles, and the bearing coverage is a complete 360-degree circle. Air-Defense Radars are usually divided into two categories, based on the amount of position information supplied. Radar sets that provide only range and bearing information are referred to as two-dimensional, or 2D, radars. Radar sets that supply range, bearing, and height are called three-dimensional, or 3D, radars. Air-Defense Radars are used as early-warning devices because they can detect approaching enemy aircraft or missiles at great distances. Another function of the Air-Defense Radar is guiding combat air patrol (CAP) aircraft to a position suitable to intercept an enemy aircraft.

Air Surveillance Radar Sets

This radar equipment is used for the identification of aircrafts, determination of aircrafts approach sequence and for individual aircraft approach controls by Air Traffic Security operators. This radar network could be used under all weather conditions.

Precision Approach Radar Sets

The precision approach radar guide aircraft to safe landing under conditions approaching zero visibility. By means of radar, aircraft are detected and observed

during the final approach and landing sequence. Guidance information is supplied to the pilot in the form of verbal radio instructions, or to the automatic pilot (autopilot) in the form of pulsed control signals.

Weather Radar Sets

The weather data it finds could be used both for approach support and for feeding into the wider weather data concentration systems.Radar in recent years has become an important tool for the measurement of precipitation and the detection of hazardous weather conditions.

Missile Guidance Radar

A radar system that provides information used to guide a missile to a hostile target is called Guidance Radar.

Navigation Radar

Navigation radars are designed for ship navigation and surface surveillance. When weather conditions render visual piloting impossible on a vessel, radar navigation provides a method of fixing a vessel’s position with sufficient accuracy to allow safe passage.

Imaging Radar / Non-Imaging Radar

An Imaging Radar forms a picture of the observed object or area. Imaging radars have been used to map the Earth, other planets, asteroids, other celestial objects and to categorize targets for military systems. Typically implementations of a Non-Imaging Radar system are speed gauges and radar altimeters. These are also called scatterometers since they measure the scattering properties of the object or region being observed.

Primary Radar

A Primary Radar transmits high-frequency signals which are reflected at targets. The arisen echoes are received and evaluated. This means, unlike secondary radar sets a primary radar unit receive its own emitted signals as an echo again.

Secondary Radar

At these radar sets the airplane must have a transponder (transmitting responder) on board and this transponder responds to interrogation by transmitting a coded reply signal. This response can contain much more information, than a primary

radar unit is able to acquire (E.g. an altitude, an identification code or also any technical problems on board such as a radio contact loss...).

Pulse Radars

Pulse radar sets transmit a high-frequency impulse signal of high power. After this impulse signal, a longer break follows in which the echoes can be received, before a new transmitted signal is sent out. Direction, distance and sometimes if necessary the height or altitude of the target can be determined from the measured antenna position and propagation time of the pulse-signal.

Continuous- Wave Radar

CW radar sets transmit a high-frequency signal continuously. The echo signal is received and processed. The receiver needs not to be mounted at the same place as the transmitter.

Unmodulated CW- Radar

The transmitted signal of these equipments is constant in amplitude and frequency. This equipment is specialized in speed measurings. Distances cannot be measured.

Modulated CW-Radar

The transmitted signal is constant in amplitude but modulated in frequency. It is an advantage of this equipment that an evaluation is carried out without reception break and the measurement result is therefore continuously available. These radar sets are used when the measuring distance isn’t too large and it’s necessary a continuous measuring.

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