Accession Number:

AD0781101

Title:

The Bulk Filtering, Acquisition, and Tracking System (BATS)

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH LEXINGTON LEXINGTON United States

Personal Author(s):

• Steinmetz,Carl M.

Report Date:

1973-10-02

Pagination or Media Count:

123.0

Abstract:

In the report, bulk filtering refers to simultaneous measurement of the velocity of all objects in a radar beam, and the automatic rejection of those with a velocity less than some specified amount. The Bulk filtering, Acquisition, and Tracking System BATS is a signal processor used with the TRADEX radar for experiments in the bulk filtering of ballistic-missile tank fragments. BATS is a part of the Designation and Discrimination Engineering Program which studies ABM radar system functions crucial to the design of future ABM systems. A detailed description of the signal-processing equipment designed and constructed for this program is presented.

Descriptors:

• G RADAR
• TRADEX
• BULK FILTERING
• TARGET ACQUISITION
• TRACKING RADAR
• RADAR CROSS SECTIONS
• TARGET DISCRIMINATION
• CFAR(CONSTANT FALSE ALARM RATE)
• REENTRY VEHICLES
• INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES
• PROPELLANT TANKS
• TESTS
• COMPUTERIZED MODELS
• COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
• ALCOR
• ALTAIR
• S BAND
• L BAND
• LASERS
• LASER RADAR

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE