Passive Radars on Moving Platforms

Passive Radars on Moving Platforms is a book that collects, reviews, and analyzes recent research on passive radars on moving platforms. It is intended for both passive radar experts and readers less familiar with the general topic of passive radar. The editors provide useful background information before fully exploring various research activities from a selection of working groups worldwide. The concluding chapter offers some outlook on what passive radar could look like in the near future, namely a component of a bigger architecture usually referred to as system of systems (SoS).

Format: Hardback
Length: 335 pages
Publication date: 13 June 2023
Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology

Passive Radars on Moving Platforms is a comprehensive book that collects, reviews, and analyzes recent research on passive radars operating on moving platforms. Due to the unique challenges posed by the nature of typical radar applications performed by moving platforms and the signals of opportunity typically exploited for passive radar purposes, which are not designed for reception while in motion, the case of passive radar mounted on moving platforms is particularly challenging.

The book is designed for both passive radar experts and readers who have a less familiar understanding of the broader field of passive radar. The editors provide valuable background information before delving into various research activities conducted by a selection of working groups from around the world. An overview of operational systems is presented, including considerations on multiple receiving channel calibration and hardware realization of radar systems based on the software-defined radio (SDR) principle.

The concluding chapter offers a glimpse into what passive radar could look like in the near future, specifically as a component of a larger architecture often referred to as a system of systems (SoS). Additionally, results of ongoing activities related to new potential illuminators of opportunity for passive radar are covered.

By providing a thorough overview of techniques, challenges, and applications that are enabled when a passive radar is operated from a moving platform, this book will be of interest to radar engineers, researchers into radar design, and the wider radar signal processing community.

Weight: 674g
Dimension: 163 x 242 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781839531187