Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) engineers analyzed original alignment and calibration procedures for the PARCS radar site at Cavalier AFS. Although many procedures are still optimal, because of equipment upgrades and other system modifications, some procedures needed to be engineered.

In addition to alignment and calibration for equipment groups, SwRI engineers provided consulting for improving the processes for individual RF subsystems, and for the overall priority of alignment re-engineering efforts.

For more information about alignment and calibration procedures capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Mike Pilcher at mpilcher@swri.org or (210) 522-2083. We can provide a systematic approach for analyzing, re-engineering, and validating radar and other RF system alignment and calibration.

Contact Information

Mike Pilcher

Communications Engineering

(210) 522-2083

mpilcher@swri.org

Related Terminology

communication devices

communication networks

radar systems

communication systems

RF systems

radio frequency engineering

RF engineering

analysis

specification development

circuit design

fabrication

consulting

COTS integration

custom instruments

test systems

prototype development

modeling

simulation

reverse engineering

replacement engineering

communications engineering

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September 30, 2008