Radar Development Status Report

• S. Gogineni, C. Allen, J. Ledford, K. Marathe, V. Jara, S. Raghunathan and M. A. Hameed

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Outline

• Radar specs

• Radar block diagram

• Radar hardware

• Antennas

• Cabling for P-3

• Schedule

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Radar specs

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Radar Block Diagram

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Digital System and Clock Generation

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Transmitter

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Antennas

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Receiver

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Radar hardware• Development and testing are

• underway

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Antennas•Antenna modifications simulated, emulated, and engineered

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Cabling for P-3P-3 aircraftRF cabling for CARDS (GISMO) and

PARIS radar systems

Left wing

Right wing

CARDS (GISMO)

rackPARIS

rack

4 bulkhead connectors

4 bulkhead connectors

Bundle of 4 coaxial cables, 25 feet long

Bundle of 4 coaxial cables, 25 feet long

Bundle of 2 coaxial cables, 50 feet long

4-elementdipole array

1:4 power splitter/combiner

single RF cable

to fuselage

Existing (“old”) configuration for connecting to the antennas within the wings

4-elementdipole array

4-cable bundle

to fuselage

New configuration of connecting to antennas within the wings

(X 2) (X 2)

Cable details:Semflex BPE240Specs available athttp://www.semflex.com/pdf/BPE%20100-300.pdf 4 RF

connectors

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Status and Schedule

• Transmitter boards tested• Transmitter assembly awaiting testing• 1st receiver boards in test• Remaining receiver boards awaiting assembly• System level testing: 12 Feb thru 26 Feb• Aircraft and antenna mods: Underway• Aircraft installation and test: Begins 15 Mar

• We are on or ahead of schedule