Engineers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have performed design and performance improvement projects for a wide variety of radars ranging from low-power CW Doppler devices to MegaWatt pulsed "big sensor" systems such as the PARCS, Pave Paws, and Cobra Dane radars.

Other research projects involve radar-like ranging devices for wireless sensor networks and use of harmonic reflections for discrimination of active electronics.


AN/FPS-108 Cobra Dane Radar Shemya, Alaska	AN/FPS-115 Pave Paws Radar Warrner Robins AFB, GA one of several locations


AN/FPS-85, Eglin Air Force Base, FL See SwRI article: Upgrading the Nation's Largest Space Surveillance Radar	AN/FPQ-16 PARCS Radar at Cavalier AFS


Cobra Dane Three-Bit Phase Shifter	AN/FPS-108 Cobra Dane Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) Modulator

Examples of Radar Engineering Projects

Consulting, Analysis,
and Specification
Development

Automated Instrumentation and Custom Test Systems

Reverse and Replacement Engineering

Custom Design
and Prototype Development

RF PIN Diode

Alignment and Calibration Procedures

Beam-Pointing Simulation and Optimization

Maintenance Test Station

Active Array Transmitter Upgrade

Radome Materials Evaluation

TWT Modulator Replacement

Active Array Phase Shifter

Instantaneous Personal Protection System

Sub-Centimeter Ranging for Wireless Sensor Nodes

For more information about radar systems 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 solving your radar systems problem.

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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June 10, 2008