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A new MDA-funded radar-signal-processing system could give radar operators, intelligence officials, and port security officers the new powerful imaging tools that they are seeking.
S2 Corporation (Bozeman, MT) is using patented optical memory materials to develop a signal processor that can identify targets more readily using instantaneous wideband waveforms, resist signal jamming, and operate over a broad dynamic range. This processor can potentially handle bandwidths of tens of gigahertz. It is also designed to deliver extremely precise results in applications that involve ranging or Doppler radar.
S2 has developed a hardware prototype for the radar signal processor, which company researchers call the S2RSP. S2 officials expect the prototype to be tested in house, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratories, and by the contract’s administrator, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, by the end of this year. S2 also expects this technology to receive Technical Readiness Level 5 certification during the same period. Following tests, the company plans to design an application-specific production model before the contract expires, anticipated in 2009.