SPARTA, or System Performance and Real-time Analysis, is an advanced tool that provides automated data analysis during testing of electronic counter measure (ECM) systems. Winner of a 2020 R&D 100 Award, SPARTA features pre-configuration options that provide quick data alerts, reducing manual testing time. A user-friendly interface describes behavior of an ECM system under test (SUT) in both time-domain and frequency-domain. Graphical video illustrating activity of recorded signal of interest (SOI) related to radar emitters can be synchronized to range and velocity graphs, providing more in-depth visual data.
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Product Highlights
This robust product features visual data that can be analyzed from high-level outputs down to very detailed pulses or samples. Combined with automated high-fidelity analytics, the following SPARTA product highlights enhance a variety of ECM testing requirements.
Signal of Interest Report Data
- Instantaneous bandwidth (IBW)
- Radar simulation
- Long collection times
- High speed data collection and real‐time analysis
- Advanced EA analysis
- Advanced EP analysis
- Automated testing
ECM Testing Applications
SPARTA can reduce lifecycle costs and improve testing accuracy during acquisition and sustainment phases related to:
Automated Testing
- Automated testing of EW systems
- System performance test
- Qualification test
- Design verification test (DVT)
- Acceptance test
- Regression test
- Developmental Testing
- Operational Testing
Key Measurement Capabilities
Designed to meet complex testing needs in a congested, noisy environment, SPARTA leverages current test inventory, while meeting the needs of newer digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) systems. Key measurements include:
ECM Report Information
- Range deception
- Velocity deception
- Angle deception
- Pulse-to-pulse
- (Freq, PPI, PW)
- Multiple false targets
- Multiple radar beams
- Radar Characteristics
- AM (on/off) modulation rate
- AM (on/off) duty cycle
- Intrapulse modulation
- Scan rate
- AM and pulse envelopes
- Percent jamming
- Pulse drop-out
- PW & PW modulation
- Spurious signals
- Coordination between range and velocity
- Gain and Amplitude Analysis
Ultra-wideband Receiver for EW Testing
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Press Release
SPARTA EW Analysis Wins R&D 100 Award
SPARTA evaluates these defense systems to ensure electronic countermeasures send a correct countersignal for a given radar “ding.”
Press ReleaseRelated Services and Capabilities
- Advanced Electronic Warfare Solutions
- Defense Electronics and Cyber Technology
- Defense Systems Engineering
- Defense Systems Software
- Electronic Warfare Systems
- Program Management
- Signal Acquisition
- Signal Exploitation
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