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TOPICS

 
The conference will focus on new research and developments in the field of radar techniques for both military and civil applications.
Topics to be covered at Radar'09 include (but are not limited to):
 

Radar Environment and Phenomenology

- Propagation , Foliage penetration

- Target and clutter signature

- Low Observable design

- Multifunction systems simulation

 

Radar Systems

- Ground to air surveillance

- Ground to space surveillance

- Naval and coastal surveillance

- Airborne surveillance

- Fire control radar

- Meteorological radars

- Secondary radar

- ATM systems

- Multifunction, active/passive RF-EW-CNI systems

- Emission Control, LPI Radars

- Networks of sensors

- Multiplatform/Multisite systems

- ECM/ECCM

- Counterstealth detection

- Design/Validation of complex systems


Remote Sensing from Airborne or Spaceborne Systems

- SAR modes for 2D and interferometric SAR

- Distributed/bistatic or multistatic systems

- Innovative SAR concepts


Waveform Design, Beamforming and Signal Processing

- Space-time waveforms/processing (STAP)

- Knowledge Aided (KA) STAP

- Adaptive beamforming

- Coloured/Interleaved transmission, MIMO

- Multifrequency/Multipolarisation techniques

- Target extraction from clutter and jamming

- Detection, CFAR, Tracking after/before detection


Emerging Radar Applications

- Mine detection,

- Pollution detection, environment monitoring

- Automatic cruise control/security control

- Docking aid, tank gauge

- Surveillance of runways/detection of debris

- Sense and Avoid

Emerging Technologies

- Bistatic/Multistatic

- Time and frequency synchronization

- Passive detection and location, Triangulation

- Low frequency radar

- Millimeter Radar/Radiometry

- Dual band radar

- Ultra Wide Band radar

- Laser radar

- High Power Solid State

- RF Photonics

- Superconducting oscillators and filters

- MEMS for radar applications

- Conformal, non standard antenna


Advanced Sub-Systems Technologies

- New antenna concepts

- Wideband antennas and radomes

- Antenna calibration

- Frequency/angular selective structures

- RF filtering

- Future T/R modules

- High speed analog to digital converters

- RF modular architectures

- Integrated modular avionics

- Reconfigurable processing architectures

- Benefits of civilian technologies (COTS)


 


Computer Modelling, Simulation and Validation

- Virtual prototyping

- Environment modelling

- Performance evaluation


Radar Management Techniques

- Multifunction radar/Waveform management

- Data fusion, Resources allocation

- Radar Beam scheduling and planning,

- Multicriteria optimization

- Multilateration/cooperation of sensors

- A-SMGCS (Advanced- Surface Movement Guidance and Control System)


Automatic Classification

- NCTR, ATR

- ISAR

- Modelling/learning

- High Range Resolution systems

- Sensor fusion for identification


Major Sponsors  Cooperating Societies