| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xii |
| Introduction | p. xiii |
| Target Detection | p. xiii |
| Antenna Gain and Beamwidth | p. xiv |
| The Radar Equation | p. xiv |
| Monostatic | p. xv |
| Thermal Noise | p. xv |
| Signal Jamming Received through Antenna Sidelobes | p. xv |
| Signal Jamming Received through Antenna Main Lobe | p. xv |
| Area Clutter Received through Antenna Sidelobes | p. xv |
| Area Clutter Received through Antenna Main Lobe | p. xv |
| Volume Clutter Received through Antenna Sidelobes | p. xvi |
| Volume Clutter Received through Antenna Main Lobe | p. xvi |
| Bistatic | p. xvi |
| Communication | p. xvi |
| Tracking | p. xvii |
| Track Rate | p. xvii |
| Tracking Errors Due to Noise | p. xvii |
| Definitions | p. xvii |
| Symbols | p. xviii |
| Defining the MFAR | p. 1 |
| Introduction to the Multifunction Array Radar | p. 3 |
| Search | p. 4 |
| Track | p. 4 |
| Beam Steering | p. 5 |
| Frequency Steering | p. 7 |
| Phase Steering | p. 9 |
| Time Delay Steering | p. 11 |
| Types of Antennas | p. 13 |
| Benefits | p. 14 |
| Penalties | p. 15 |
| Interactions and Compromises | p. 17 |
| Specifying an MFAR | p. 21 |
| Weapon Support | p. 22 |
| Operating Environment | p. 25 |
| Weapons | p. 25 |
| Interference | p. 25 |
| Jamming | p. 26 |
| Clutter | p. 26 |
| Target Density | p. 27 |
| Deployment | p. 27 |
| User Concerns | p. 28 |
| Specification of Performance | p. 29 |
| Spatial Allocation | p. 29 |
| Bandwidth and Frequency Agility | p. 31 |
| Detection | p. 33 |
| Track | p. 36 |
| Antenna Pattern Restrictions | p. 36 |
| Other Specification Issues | p. 36 |
| The MFAR Specification | p. 38 |
| Radar System Design Considerations and Techniques | p. 41 |
| Search Techniques and Considerations | p. 43 |
| Energy-Range Profile | p. 43 |
| Beam Spacing Lattice and Uniformity | p. 45 |
| Search Parameter Selection | p. 55 |
| Search Sequencing | p. 71 |
| Search Fences and Interleaving | p. 73 |
| Partial Integration | p. 77 |
| Detection Thresholds | p. 82 |
| Track Techniques and Considerations | p. 89 |
| Track-while-Scan versus Track-and-Search | p. 89 |
| Monopulse versus Beam Shape Angle Track | p. 96 |
| Group Tracking | p. 98 |
| Track Interleaving | p. 99 |
| Track Filtering | p. 102 |
| Waveform Considerations | p. 111 |
| Search-Track Waveforms | p. 111 |
| Energy Quantification | p. 113 |
| Clutter Processing | p. 122 |
| Designing an MFAR | p. 127 |
| The Design Process | p. 129 |
| The Beginning of the Process | p. 129 |
| Establishing the Basic Requirements | p. 130 |
| Radar System Design Constraints | p. 130 |
| Budgets | p. 132 |
| Developing a Baseline Design | p. 132 |
| Evaluating the Baseline Design | p. 134 |
| Refining the Design | p. 136 |
| Intersegment Trade-Offs | p. 137 |
| Functional Allocations among Segments | p. 137 |
| Interfaces | p. 137 |
| Antenna-Beam Steering | p. 137 |
| Antenna-Signal Processor | p. 138 |
| Signal Processor-Control Processor | p. 138 |
| Self-Test | p. 139 |
| Budget Allocations | p. 139 |
| Trade-offs | p. 140 |
| Antenna-Transmitter | p. 140 |
| Antenna-Signal Processor | p. 140 |
| Signal Processor-Transmitter | p. 141 |
| Signal Processor-Control Processor | p. 143 |
| Development of Segment Requirements | p. 144 |
| Segment Trade-Offs Affecting Radar System Design | p. 145 |
| Coverage of Individual Antenna Faces | p. 145 |
| Degree of Autonomy of Each Aperture | p. 145 |
| Type of Antenna Feed | p. 146 |
| Fixed versus Variable Beamwidth | p. 147 |
| Number of Antenna Inputs | p. 147 |
| Sidelobe Level Control | p. 149 |
| Sidelobe Location Control | p. 152 |
| Antenna Receiving Pattern | p. 153 |
| Antenna Transmitting Pattern | p. 156 |
| Number of Antenna Elements | p. 156 |
| Type of Phase Shifter | p. 157 |
| Active versus Passive Receiving Elements | p. 159 |
| Active versus Passive Transmitting Elements | p. 160 |
| Size and Number of Transmitter Tubes | p. 164 |
| Epilogue | p. 166 |
| Application of Design Approach to A Rotating 3-D Radar | p. 167 |
| Index | p. 185 |
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