Surveillance radars - State of the art, research and perspectives

An assessment is made of the signal processing techniques currently employed by ground-based surveillance radars, and a projection is made of those techniques that are likely to be applied to such radars in the future. Further applications of such techniques in such diverse fields as multistatic and dispersed radars, AEW, and space-based radars are also considered. Attention is given to prospective technological advancements that will facilitate radar systems' future dealings with antiradiation missiles and stealth aircraft, which may include digital beam forming, adaptivity, and high resolution multidimensional processing and target classification. The advantages of multistatic radar are examined in detail.