
Multimode Tracking for Next Generation Over the Horizon Radar (NG OTHR)Award last edited on: 6/15/2012
Sponsored Program
SBIRAwarding Agency
DOD : AFTotal Award Amount
$90,276Award Phase
1Solicitation Topic Code
AF103-181Principal Investigator
Roderick BarnesCompany Information
W R Systems Ltd (AKA: WR Systems Ltd)
11351 Random Hills Road Suite 400
Fairfax, VA 22030
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 934-0200 |
info@wrsystems.com |
www.wrsystems.com |
Location: Multiple
Congr. District: 11
County: Fairfax
Congr. District: 11
County: Fairfax
Phase I
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Phase I year
2011Phase I Amount
$90,276Benefit:
Anticipated Benefits The phase 1 developments will illustrate the potential of novel techniques for tracking and coordinate registration in next generation OTHR. They will demonstrate the degree to which the techniques address the fundamental ambiguities that limit accuracy and robustness of current systems. This provides valuable information for requirements development in next generation OTHR. If successful, the benefits of these techniques will be to eliminate many of the ambiguities in OTHR tracking accuracy that have limited the mission use of the sensor thus far. If these ambiguities can be removed then OTHR could, for example, be considered for low cost surveillance in denser target environments such as traffic monitoring in gap areas over CONUS. Potential Commercial Applications The phase 1 developments will provide valuable products in informing the OTHR TRRI phase 2 and ROTHR programs on the feasibility of new techniques in OTHR multimode tracking. Later phases will produce demonstrators of these techniques that may be used in the OTHR TRRI phase 2 or a next generation OTHR program of record. The CORT system is a novel development, which if it gained traction, would involve the proliferation of the method to participating cooperative targets. There would be a potential market for the sale of CORTS techniques and equipment in this case.
Keywords:
Othr, Radar, Mimo, Tracking, Multimode, Coordinate Registration, Ionosphere, Propagation
Phase II
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