Anti-ship missile tracking with a chirped AM lader - Update: Design, model predictions, and experimental results

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5791, Issue , 2005, Pages 330-341

  Redman, Brian ^a   Ruff, William ^a   Stann, Barry ^a   Giza, Mark ^a   Lawler, William ^a   Dammann, John ^a   Potter, William ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Chirped AM; Cruise missile; Doppler; FM CW; IRST; Ladar; Laser radar; Lidar; Tracking

Indexed keywords

3D IMAGING; CHIRPED AM; CRUISE MISSILE; DOPPLER; FM-CW; IRST; TRACKING;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MISSILES; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION; RADAR TRACKING; SHIPS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 26844569499     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.603637     Document Type: Conference Paper

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