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Radar Instrumentation

State-of-the-art radar systems and sensors

ECS 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. ECS 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. ECS radar systems are used in research and development (R&D), production verification, and flight line diagnostic applications. As our nation’s defense capabilities continue to evolve, ECS 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
Command Transmitter and Flight Termination Systems
Custom Radio-Frequency Systems
Quick Prototyping for Field Experiments

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

Radio-Frequency (RF) Engineering

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

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

Software & Computer Engineering

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

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

Digital Design Engineering

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

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

Mechanical Engineering

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

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

LABORATORY ASSETS AND CAPABILITIES

RF & Microwave
Test Equipment
(10kHz – 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