Radar complex for unmanned aerial vehicles

Abstract

The paper considers the problem of creating a radar complex designed to detect air, sea and ground objects as well as to determine their range, speed, geometric parameters, and promptly present the results of automated processing to the operator. The goal of the work is to create a side-scan airborne radar complex with a synthetic aperture installed on an unmanned aerial vehicle. The design of the airborne radar complex has been determined. The main characteristics of the developed complex are given. The main operating modes of the combined complex as part of an aircraft are considered and described: lateral sighting and sighting in the front hemisphere. The structural and functional diagram of the X-band side-view of airborne radar equipment, consisting of an antenna, a transceiver unit, a container with a digital core and a micronavigation system, is described. In high-resolution mode, the radio hologram generated on board is sent via a communication channel to the control and processing station. Radar image formation and secondary processing are performed at a ground station in automatic mode.