Two- and three-dimensional radar imaging at close range to a synthetic aperture

Summary form only given. Lincoln Laboratory is developing an ultra-wideband imaging radar that will be capable of two- and three-dimensional imaging at very close range to a synthetic aperture. The radar is fully coherent over two bandwidths (0.1 to 2 GHz and 2 to 18 GHz) and will be used for target imaging at X and Ku band, and for foliage penetration measurements over the VHF, UHF, and L bands. The radar is a portable scatterometer based on a Hewlett-Packard HP 8510C network analyzer combined with an HP 8360 frequency synthesizer and a Digital MicroVAX III computer. The characteristics of the radar are described, and technical issues arising in the analysis of the close-range imaging techniques are discussed.<
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