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Radar Instrumentation

State-of-the-art radar systems and sensors

木瓜AV engineers pioneered precision instrumentation radar technology for the Department of Defense (DoD) in the 1970s. For decades, we have worked on some of the most important innovations in radar instrumentation and sensor technologies.听木瓜AV radar systems are used by the DoD and major defense contractors for RCS verification, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging, and inverse-synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imaging.听木瓜AV radar systems are used in research and development (R&D), production verification, and flight line diagnostic applications.听 As our nation鈥檚 defense capabilities continue to evolve, 木瓜AV scientists and engineers contribute mission-critical research to develop, test, deploy, and field new technologies that keep DoD missions moving forward and protect our warfighters.

ENGINEERING, DESIGN, AND MANUFACTURING

System Engineering

Radar Systems听
Command Transmitter and Flight Termination Systems听
Custom听Radio-Frequency听Systems听
Quick Prototyping for Field Experiments听

Full Life-Cycle System Engineering听
Turnkey Solutions听
System Integration听and听Qualification听

Radio-Frequency (RF) Engineering

Wideband RF/Microwave Design and Test听
mmW听System Design and Test听
High听Power RF Systems听
High–Reliability听Circuits and Systems听
Mixed Signal Circuits and Systems听

PCB Design, Layout, and Test听
Detailed System Analyses (Link Budget, Receiver Noise Figure & Dynamic Range, Sensitivity, Spurious/Harmonic Balance)听
RF Simulation/Analysis Software (Agilent听Genesys, MATLAB,听MathCAD,听etc鈥�)听

Software & Computer Engineering

Instrumentation/Hardware Control听
Positioning System Control听
High–Speed听Data Acquisition/Storage听
Graphical User Interfaces听
Data/Image Processing (radar, pulse-Doppler, step-chirp, tomographic)听

Real–Time听Processing听
National Instruments LabVIEW听
MATLAB听
C and Assembly听Programming听
XMidas听

Digital Design Engineering

High-Speed Logic Design (TTL, ECL, PECL, CMOS)听
Programmable Logic (Altera, Xilinx)听
Interfaces (serial, IEEE-488, VXI/VME, PCI, SCSI, FPDP, custom)听
Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Design for Real-Time Processing Applications听
Programmable Logic Development Tools听

DSP Hardware/Software Development听
Design, Layout, and Verification of Multi-Layer Printed Circuit听Assemblies听
Programmable Delay Circuits听
PCB Thermal Management听
Transmission Line and Grounding Management for A/D Converters听

Mechanical Engineering

Large-Scale听Structural (antenna mounts, environmental enclosures听and听ISO containers)听
Small-Scale听Mechanical (component mounting fixtures, PCB听and听sensor enclosures)听
PCB听Layout听and听Routing听
Thermal听Management听

Systems in听Motion (antenna/system positioners)听
Environmental Design (outdoor and airborne)听
Design听and听Drafting听
Ruggedized Systems听

LABORATORY ASSETS AND CAPABILITIES

RF & Microwave
Test Equipment
(10kHz 鈥� 18GHz)

Network Analyzers

Microwave Transition Analyzer

Noise Figure Meter and Noise Sources

RF Power Meters and Frequency Counters

Spectrum, Signal and Modulation Analyzers

RF Sources and Synthesizers

Amplifiers

Digital, Analog
and Mixed Signal
Test Equipment

Oscilloscopes

Logic and Protocol Analyzers

Multimeters

Function and Pulse Generators

Power Electronics

Radar Systems
(mobile adaptable)

MkV Instrumentation Radars

Measurements from 0.1-18 GHz

Expandable to Ka, V, and W bands

Rack-Mounted Configuration

High-Power VHF Measurement Radar

Indoor Radar
Range

Rails and Rotators for SAR, ISAR, and 3D Imaging

Calibration Targets

Antennas

DOWNLOADS AND BROCHURES

Sabre Radar System

Flight Termination System

Command Transmitter System

Cheetah Measurement System

Instrumentation Radar Measurement Services

MKVe Radar System

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