ORINCON has recently been successful with radar signal processing algorithms that extract micro-Doppler signatures from moving ground vehicles that uniquely characterize the vehicle. These algorithms utilize non-Fourier-based high-detail-sharpening algorithms to reveal and to enhance the signatures despite limited signal bandwidth and in the presence of extreme clutter and jammer environments. They have been successful due to the way the algorithms exploit certain radar phenomenology without modifying the radar itself. ORINCON proposes further innovations with these micro-Doppler techniques to (1) adapt the algorithms to the phenomenology sensed by missile defense radars (specifically X and C band), (2) extend the two-dimensional (2-D) representation of micro-Doppler signatures to a more exploitable three-dimensional (3-D) representation, and (3) develop faster computational algorithms to implement the techniques for real-time application.
