This chapter deals with some aspects of early warning radar design. Topics covered include: early warning mission parameters and requirements; target/threat types; desired surveillance and associated functions; performance evaluation; and design validation.

Chapter Contents:

• 13.1 Introduction
• 13.2 Early Warning Mission Parameters and Requirements
• 13.3 Threat Warning and Attack Assessment
• 13.4 EWR Requirements
• 13.5 Performance Evaluation and Design Validation
• 13.6 References

Inspec keywords: target tracking; radar tracking; missiles; search radar

Other keywords: performance evaluation; early warning mission requirements; early warning mission parameters; surveillance; early warning radar design; target/threat types

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