Spaceborne to UAV Bistatic Radar System for High-resolution Imaging and Autonomous Navigation

Rodriguez-Cassola M, Younis M, Krieger G, Oswald M, Del Monte L (2010)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2010

Publisher: VDE Verlag GmbH

Edited Volumes: Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR

Pages Range: 740-743

Conference Proceedings Title: European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR)

ISBN: 9783800732722

URI: https://elib.dlr.de/64458/

Abstract

Bistatic radars offer several advantages when compared to their monostatic counterparts. In addition to increased performance, sensitivity, coverage and revisit times, all of them parameters which are mainly dependent on their spatial configuration, bistatic radars offer the objective advantage of being more robust to jamming, since the receiver operates as a mere passive system. The proposed system consists of a spacebore radar transmitter illuminating an area of interest and one or several radar receivers mounted on a UAV to perform a two-goal mission: a) help autonomous navigation of the UAV by performing the sense and avoid function, and b) perform surveillance of the overflown area using high-resolution remote sensing techniques. Although the requirements for these significantly different tasks might seem distant, having a spacebore transmitter ensures that the coverage needed for both puroses is achievable. The system can provide a cheap and robust manner for enabling global UAV flight, while enabling continuous all-weather imaging capabilities.

Authors with CRIS profile

Gerhard Krieger

Additional Organisation(s)

Professur für Kognitive Radarsysteme für die Fernerkundung

Involved external institutions

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) / German Aerospace Center DE Germany (DE) EADS Astrium GmbH FR France (FR) European Space Agency (ESA) FR France (FR)

How to cite

APA:

Rodriguez-Cassola, M., Younis, M., Krieger, G., Oswald, M., & Del Monte, L. (2010). Spaceborne to UAV Bistatic Radar System for High-resolution Imaging and Autonomous Navigation. In European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR) (pp. 740-743). VDE Verlag GmbH.

MLA:

Rodriguez-Cassola, Marc, et al. "Spaceborne to UAV Bistatic Radar System for High-resolution Imaging and Autonomous Navigation." Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR 2010 VDE Verlag GmbH, 2010. 740-743.

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