Detection and tracking of land, maritime, and airborne objects using a radar on a parasail
US9766623B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 11, 2013 |
| Grant date | Sep 19, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S13/91
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatuses may be provided for detection, tracking, and classification of one or more land, maritime, or airborne objects using a real-aperture radar mounted on a parasail airborne platform. Both wide-area and localized radar surveillance can be provided, and the radar can be either a non-coherent radar or coherent radar. A method and apparatus may use a low-cost, rotating, single-beam, non-coherent, X-band radar that is mounted on an unmanned powered parasail and operated remotely like an Unattended Airborne System (UAS). The parasail, which may be expendable or recoverable, manned or unmanned, powered or unpowered, may have a low operational cost, can carry a heavy payload, stay on station for a long time, circle or move to a specified location for surveillance, operate at an optimal altitude and look-angle, and automatically cue or manually steer an EO/IR camera to a target of interest for classification and identification.
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