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Published by: SMI Publishing, Ltd
Published: May. 8, 2006
Table of Contents
- Day 1
- 8.30 Registration & Coffee
- 9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Professor Hugh Griffiths, , University College London.
- 9.10 KNOWLEDGE DOMINANCE AND THE CHALLENGES FACED BY TODAY’S MILITARY
- Addressing the struggle between awareness and stealth
- The role of radar in 21st century modern warfare
- The growth in importance and application of military radar systems
- Innovative radar solutions that enhance knowledge dominance
- Dr Richard Wittstruck, Chief Engineer for Program Executive Office, , US Army.
- 9.50 CASE STUDY: ASTOR (AIRBORNE STAND-OFF RADAR)
- Day/night and all-weather imagery of the ground over a wide area
- Obtaining high-resolution imagery of static and mobile targets
- Transmitting near-real-time data to a network of distributed ground stations
- Operating successfully at a safe distance
- Effective interoperability with USA and NATO systems
- Mr Bill Chrispin, ASTOR Team Leader, Defence Procurement Agency (DPA).
- 10.30 Morning Coffee
- 11.00 FIREFINDER RADAR SYSTEM
- System overview
- 90o Sectors / 360o Surveillance Weapon Location Missions
- Weapon Locating Radar Requirements and Environments
- Weapon Locating Radar Unique System Issues
- Negating Hostile Indirect Fire Weapons
- Friendly Fire Adjustment
- Dr Jim Beck, Senior Vice-President , Thales Raytheon Systems.
- 11.40 SHIPBORNE RADAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
- A UK perspective
- The role of shipborne surveillance radar in the 21st Century
- Use of primary radar within a suite of sensors
- Surveillance radar performance expectations
- Matching the threat
- Shipborne surveillance capability requirements
- Lieutenant Commander Rob Taylor, Requirements Manager, Maritime Gunnery and Missile Systems Integrated Project Team, Royal Navy.
- 12.20 Networking Lunch
- 1.50 KEY TECHNIQUES FOR AIRBORNE GROUND SURVEILLANCE (AGS) SYSTEMS
- Technological and system considerations
- Importance of frequency selection
- Tactical advantages of multi frequency systems
- Network oriented solutions needed for the future
- Mr Bjorn Larsson, Head of Radar Systems Department, FOI Defence Research Agency.
- 2.30 A POWERFUL LIGHTWEIGHT RADAR FOR UNINHABITED AIR VEHICLES
- Overview ESCAN capabilities
- Key features of ESCAN radars
- Range of angles the radar can scan over
- Guarding against future threats
- Mr Andy Nejman, Capability Manager, Selex Sensors & Airborne Systems.
- 3.10 Afternoon Tea
- 3.40 COMMON SIGNAL PROCESSORS FOR MULTIPLE RADARS
- Technology insertion into legacy radars
- Signal processor cabinet concept
- Eliminates custom designs for basic radar functions
- Driving down supportability costs
- Mr Howard James, Systems Manager, Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division.
- 4.20 IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY FOR DIFFICULT TARGET DETECTION
- Mr Mike Lewis, , Cranfield University, Department of Aerospace, Power and Sensors.
- 5.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
- Day 2
- 8.30 Re-registration & Coffee
- 9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Mr Mike Lewis, , Cranfield University, Department of Aerospace, Power and Sensors.
- 9.50 USING RADAR SIGNATURE VULNERABILITIES TO DESIGN ENHANCED RADAR SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES
- Radar signature characteristics of threat systems (including stealth)
- Exploitation with unconventional radar architectures
- Wide frequency coverage
- Multi-static transmitter/receiver positioning over a region of interest
- Mr Don Hilliard, Head, Radar Reflectivity Laboratory, NAVAIR Weapons Division.
- 10.30 Morning Coffee
- 11.00 INTEGRATING SURVEILLANCE RADAR WITH OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
- Driving effectiveness and efficiency in the heterogeneous combat environment
- Assimilating radars with other electronic combat technologies
- Multifunction electronic combat systems
- Future-proofing upgrades that keep pace with increasing tactical requirements
- Scalable systems architecture
- Array antennas and programmable microwave systems
- Mr Anders Nelander, , FEA.
- 11.40 INTEGRATING MULTIPLE SENSORS
- Enhancing situational awareness in coastal environments by integrating multiple sensors
- Sensors include active radar, passive radar, AIS, HDTV, IR, laser and sonar
- Sensor fusion, multilateration, direction-finding
- Detection of anomalous behaviour
- Service-orientated architecture
- Mr Paul Vierveijzer, Business Development Manager, TNO Defence, Security and Safety.
- 12.20 Networking Lunch
- 1.50 PASSIVE RADAR CONCEPTS
- The role of passive sensors in surveillance
- Why consider passive sensors? What role shall they play?
- Description of passive sensor technologies being considered
- Experimental results
- Future focus
- Dr Paul Howland, Principal Scientist, NATO C3 Agency.
- 2.30 GROUND BASED MULTI-MISSION RADAR
- Filling the radar capability gap for force protection
- Mr Lennart Steen, Senior Product Manager, Erisson Microwave Systems.
- 3.10 Afternoon Tea
- 3.40 RADAR ABSORBENT MATERIALS AND THEIR USE IN RCS REDUCTION
- Radar absorbent Materials (RAM) as one of the basic techniques for RCS reduction
- Narrowband and broadband RAM
- Variables for RAM design
- Mr Peter Van Roy, Product Group Manager, Emerson and Cuming Microwave Materials, Belgium
- 4.20 MILLIMETRE WAVE RADAR CONCEPTS
- The role of active millimetre wave radar in defence surveillance
- Why consider millimetre wave radar? What roles do they play?
- Review of active millimetre wave radar technology - filling the "THz gap"
- Capability - performance, benefits and applications
- Future - higher resolution and improved detection at lower cost?
- Dr Duncan Wynn, Principal Scientist, Q-PAR ANGUS LIMITED.
- 5.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
AbstractSMi's 3rd Annual Radars in Defence Conference will be chaired by Professor Hugh Griffiths, Head of Department, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London.
We asked Professor Griffiths what makes this conference an essential industry event: "EW is a cat-and-mouse game, understanding new developments in radar systems and technology is key to development of new EW ideas. Radar has the advantage of day/night all-weather stand-off operation." But, according to Professor Griffiths, there are still some challenges faced by users:
- Reliable target identification, particularly against low-signature targets and camouflage, concealment and deception (CC&D)
- Specification and measurement of radar performance, particularly for multi-mode adaptive radars, where conducting a full trials programme to exercise every aspect of the radar's performance is impractical - hence the need for detailed models, trusted both by procurer and manufacturer.
SMi have gathered "some of the key players in the field", Professor Griffiths notes, to deliver this two-day conference. Speakers include Paul Howland from NATO C3 Agency, whose work with passive radar is one of the most interesting current developments in the field and Bjorn Larsson, Head of Radar Systems Department at the Swedish Defence Research Agency.
Other speakers include:
- Edward Bair, Program Executive Officer, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors, Communications - Electronics Command, US Army
- Bill Chrispin, Team Leader, ASTOR IPT, Defence Procurement Agency, Ministry of Defence, UK
- Lieutenant Commander Rob Taylor, Requirements Manager, Maritime Gunnery and Missile Systems IPT, Defence Logistics Organisation, Ministry of Defence, UK
- Donald P Hilliard, Radar Signature/Stealth Technology Manager and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, NAVAIR Weapons Division, US Navy
- Major Bill Gould, Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS), US Air Force
- Howard James, Systems Manager, Microwave Systems Department, Naval Surface Warfare Center, US Navy
- Dr Jim Beck, Vice-president of Radar Products, Thales Raytheon
- Paul Vierveijzer, Business Development Manager, Business Unit Observation Systems, TNO Defence, Security and Safety
- Mike Lewis, Research and Technology Marketing, Aerospace, Power and Sensors, Cranfield University
Benefits of Attending:
- CONSIDER the key challenges and concerns facing 21st Century radar deployment
- REVIEW the latest case studies, focussing on interoperability and integration of systems, novel technologies and successful techniques for radar deployment
- IDENTIFY the essential requirements for radar protection
- ASSESS environmental interference and jamming issues
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