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    about the backscatterer Continuous-wave radar (CW radar) is a type of radar system where a known stable frequency continuous wave radio energy is transmitted...
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  • an active radar transceiver). Semi-active missile systems use bistatic continuous-wave radar. The NATO brevity code for a semi-active radar homing missile...
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  • A continuous wave or continuous waveform (CW) is an electromagnetic wave of constant amplitude and frequency, typically a sine wave, that for mathematical...
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    Wave radar is a type of radar for measuring wind waves. Several instruments based on a variety of different concepts and techniques are available, and...
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    radars and continuous-wave radars, which were formerly separate due to the complexity of the electronics. The first operational pulse-Doppler radar was...
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    Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects...
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    cameras when more than one moving object is within the field of view. Continuous-wave radar may be aimed directly at a vehicle 100 yards away but produce a...
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    ways of producing the Doppler effect. Radars may be: Coherent pulsed (CP), Pulse-Doppler radar, Continuous wave (CW), or Frequency modulation (FM). Doppler...
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    Bloodhound, Thunderbird featured a continuous-wave radar semi-active homing system that was highly resistant to radar jamming and deception, and was able...
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    AN/AWG-9 (redirect from AWG-9 radar)
    program. The AN/AWG-9 offers multiple air-to-air modes: long-range continuous-wave radar velocity search, range-while-search at shorter ranges, and an airborne...
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    MIM-23 Hawk (section Radars)
    greatly improved over Nike through the adoption of new radars and a continuous wave semi-active radar homing guidance system. It entered service with the...
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    radar utilizing Pulse-Doppler radar signal processing in MK 74 MOD 14 and MK 74 MOD 15. The MK 74 MOD 15 configuration includes continuous-wave radar...
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    MIM-46 missiles in launch canisters, a tracking and illumination continuous wave radar, and the fire control system. An ambitious design for its era, the...
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    Modulated Continuous-wave radar. Radar altimeters normally work in the E band, Ka band, or, for more advanced sea-level measurement, S band. Radar altimeters...
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    wings. Their primary sensor is the Reutech Radar Systems RTS 3200: a frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar/optronics tracker (FORT) that was previously...
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    cloud radars using frequency modulation of the transmitted signal (e.g. 4 m for the Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave (FMCW) 94 GHz cloud radar operating...
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    after the first patent for radar itself (patent DE 237 944). A patent for a system using radar pulses rather than a continuous wave was filed in 1926 by Dr...
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    The original S-300P utilises a combination of the 5N66M continuous-wave radar Doppler radar for target acquisition and the 30N6 FLAP LID A I/J-band phased-array...
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    Chirp (redirect from Chirped radar)
    representation based on a family of localized chirp functions. Continuous-wave radar Dispersion (optics) Pulse compression Radio propagation § Measuring...
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    in terms of range and performance, but using an advanced continuous-wave semi-active radar homing system, offering excellent performance against electronic...
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  • required data. In simple ranging radars, the carrier will be pulse modulated and in continuous wave systems, such as Doppler radar, modulation may not be required...
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    surface back to the aircraft. Alternatively, Frequency Modulated Continuous-wave radar can be used. The greater the frequency shift the further the distance...
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    MIM-104 Patriot. Examples of fire-control radars currently in use by the United States Navy: Mk 95 — Continuous Wave Illuminator (NATO Sea sparrow Surface...
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  • analysis and fall detection. It serves as a potential alternative to continuous-wave radar systems since it involves less power consumption and a high-resolution...
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    primary radar or primary surveillance radar (PSR) is a conventional radar sensor that illuminates a large portion of space with an electromagnetic wave and...
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    1953 Red Brick – experimental continuous-wave target illuminating radar Red Cabbage – naval radar Red Carpet – X-band radar jammer Red Cat – air-launched...
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    difficult problem for a wider array of radar systems. Neither of these present a problem for continuous-wave radars, nor for microwave ovens. All cavity...
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    The attack radar featured a Doppler beam-sharpening, moving target indication (MTI), and Continuous-wave radar for guiding semi-active radar homing missiles...
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    According to some experts, Baird's "Noctovision" is not radar. Unlike radar (except continuous wave radar), Noctovision is incapable of determining the distance...
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    capable of collecting and compressing voice data 4,000 CTX4000 Continuous wave radar device that can "illuminate" a target system for recovery of "off...
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