SwRI: Radar Systems. SwRI performed design and improvement projects for a wide variety of radars.

Design and performance improvement projects have been successfully completed by engineers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) 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.

 

image of AN/FPS-108 Cobra Dane Radar Shemya, Alaska

 

 

 

 image of AN/FPS-115 Pave Paws Radar Warrner Robins AFB, GA one of several locations

AN/FPS-108 Cobra Dane Radar Shemya, Alaska

AN/FPS-115 Pave Paws Radar Warrner Robins AFB, GA one of several locations

image of AN/FPS-85, Eglin Air Force Base, FL See SwRI article: Upgrading the Nation's Largest Space Surveillance Radar

image of AN/FPQ-16 PARCS Radar at Cavalier AFS

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

image of Cobra Dane Three-Bit Phase Shifter

image of AN/FPS-108 Cobra Dane Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) Modulator

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

  • Radome Materials Evaluation

  • TWT Modulator Replacement

  • 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 Tom Untermeyer at tuntermeyer@swri.org or (210) 522-5040. We can offer you the best approach for solving your radar systems problem.

 

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