Accession Number:

AD0915411

Title:

Surveillance, Navigation, and Collision Avoidance Radar for High-Speed Ships and Craft.

Descriptive Note:

Technical document Oct 72-Aug 73,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL ELECTRONICS LAB CENTER SAN DIEGO CA

Personal Author(s):

• Stahnke, P. J.
• Stewart, J. C.

Report Date:

1973-10-05

Pagination or Media Count:

35.0

Abstract:

The requirements for surveillance, navigation, and collision avoidance by hydrofoils, air-cushion vehicles, and surface-effects ships in the 1980s are analyzed. The radar systems to perform these functions which are presently installed or planned for installation are assessed and problem areas identified. Design and development approaches for new equipments are suggested, including a dual antenna configuration using a single processing system and two antennas one with a 360-degree aspect, the other with a selectable sector scan capability and a single antenna configuration using either a circular-array electronic scan antenna or a phased-array antenna. Author

Descriptors:

• (*RADAR
• SHIPS)
• (*NAVIGATION
• SHIPS)
• OCEAN SURVEILLANCE
• SURVEILLANCE
• SURFACE EFFECT SHIPS
• HYDROFOIL CRAFT
• AIR CUSHION VEHICLES
• PHASED ARRAYS
• CIRCULAR ANTENNAS
• ELECTRONIC SCANNERS
• ANTENNA ARRAYS
• PLANNING
• MISSION PROFILES
• RADAR ANTENNAS
• DISPLAY SYSTEMS

Subject Categories:

• Surface Effect Vehicles and Amphibious Vehicles
• Military Intelligence
• Active and Passive Radar Detection and Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE