Detection improvement for UWB Along Track Interferometry of moving targets under foliage

Detection and tracking of slow moving objects under dense foliage has received renewed interest in border monitoring and protection. However, ultra-wideband waveforms are required at sufficiently long wavelength to minimize volumetric clutter attenuation. Along Track Interferometry radar on a moving airborne platform has the potential for high area coverage rate and low minimum discernible velocity. The principle challenge is to improve the signal-to-clutter ratio of the system to measure the effectiveness of any radar design.