Radar has evolved from a very simple device for the detection of aircraft in the 1930's to the present almost wholly automatic systems in which the radar sensor is an integrated part of a computer complex with completely programmed functions, decision-making operations, and self-check features. The major impetus for the rapid development of radar was the urgent air-defense requirements of the Second World War; this stimulus led to many advances in radar technology in a relatively short period of time. Radar was raised to a level of sophistication comparable to older technologies in a period of less than ten years.

Chapter Contents:

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Recent Developments
• 1.3 Radar Classifications
• 1.4 The Search Problem
• 1.5 The Track Problem
• 1.6 Nature of the Radar Statistical Problem
• 1.7 The Uses of Radar and Special-Purpose Systems
• 1.8 Integration of Signal and Data Processing
• References

Inspec keywords: military radar; radar applications; radar detection

Other keywords: aircraft detection; completely-programmed functions; radar technology; radar development; computer complex; self-check features; radar sensor; decision-making operations; air-defense requirements; Second World War; wholly-automatic systems

Subjects: Radar and radiowave systems (military and defence); Signal detection; Radar equipment, systems and applications