Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) engineers have modeled radar performance and integrated best-in-class COTS (commercial off the shelf) tools with custom programming and interfaces for specific radar sites.

The Satellite Tool Kit^® (STK) was used with MATLAB^® to model the space-track function of the PARCS Radar site. This tool can be used to optimize the site tasking for detection of as many objects as possible. The tasking could also be modified some other optimality factor (i.e., weighting detection probability by importance).

For more information about beam-pointing simulation and optimization capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Mike Pilcher at mpilcher@swri.org or (210) 522-2083. We can offer you the best approach for your communications engineering solutions.

Contact Information

Mike Pilcher

Communications Engineering

(210) 522-2083

mpilcher@swri.org

Related Terminology

communication devices

communication networks

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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