Introduction to modern EW systems /

Master the latest electronic warfare (EW) techniques and technologies related to on-board military platforms with this authoritative resource. You gain expert design guidance on technologies and equipment used to detect and identify emitter threats, giving you an advantage in the never-ending chess...

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Main Author: De Martino, Andrea
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Artech House, ©2012.
Series:Artech House radar library.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Modern EW Systems; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction to Electronic Warfare Scenarios; 1.1 Definitions and EW Role in the Military Field; 1.2 Main Weapons Systems of Interest to EW; 1.2.1 Artillery Systems; 1.2.2 Missile Systems; 1.2.3 Active Homing Missiles; 1.2.4 Track via Missile Systems; 1.2.5 Passive IR-Guided Missiles; 1.2.6 Sea-Skimming Missiles; 1.2.7 Antiradiation Missiles; 1.3 EW in Symmetric Conflicts; 1.4 EW in Asymmetric Conflicts; References; Chapter 2 Evolution of Signal Emitters and Sensors; 2.1 Introduction.
  • 2.2 Sensor Electromagnetic Spectrum and Atmospheric Propagation2.3 Radar Principles and Types; 2.3.1 Radar Equation; 2.3.2 Radar Structure; 2.3.3 Radar Signal Processing Fundamentals; 2.3.4 Automatic Detection; 2.3.5 Pulse Compression; 2.3.6 Surveillance Radars; 2.3.7 LPI Radars; 2.3.8 Pulse Doppler Radars; 2.3.9 Tracking Radars; 2.3.10 Synthetic Aperture Radars; 2.3.11 Bistatic Radars; 2.4 Communications; 2.4.1 Access Methods; 2.4.2 Digital Signaling; 2.4.3 Secure Communications; 2.4.4 Coding of Communication Signals; 2.4.5 Typical Military Communication Systems.
  • 2.5 Satellite Navigation Systems2.6 Electro-Optical Thermal Imagers; 2.6.1 Minimum Resolvable Temperature; 2.6.2 IR Missile Seekers; 2.6.3 Missile Approach Warner; 2.7 Laser Radar Systems; 2.7.1 Laser Target Designation and Ranging; 2.7.2 Laser Radar Receivers; 2.7.3 Laser Radar Range Equation; 2.7.4 Target Detection; References; Chapter 3 Electronic Warfare RF Band Sensor Systems; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 EW Radar Band Sensors; 3.2.1 RWR Architecture; 3.2.2 ESM Architecture; 3.2.3 ELINT Architecture; 3.3 EW Sensor Sensitivity; 3.3.1 Conclusions; 3.4 Probability of Interception.
  • 3.5 EW Radar Band Sensor Architectures3.5.1 Architecture of Past Generation Intercept Receivers; 3.5.2 Architecture of New EW radar Band Sensors; 3.5.3 DSP Technologies; 3.6 Detection and Classification of LPI Radars; 3.7 Emitter Deinterleaving and Sorting; 3.8 Emitter Identification; 3.9 Communications ESM; 3.9.1 CESM; 3.9.2 COMINT; 3.10 SIGINT; 3.11 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 RF Direction-Finding and Emitter Location Techniques; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Amplitude Comparison DF Methods; 4.3 Phase Comparison Monopulse DF Measurement Methods; 4.3.1 Correlative Phase DF.
  • 4.4 Time-Difference DF4.5 Emitter Location; 4.5.1 Triangulation; 4.5.2 Trilateration; 4.5.3 Frequency Difference on Arrival Passive Location Technique; 4.5.4 Inverse Passive Location; 4.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Electronic Countermeasure Systems; 5.1 Introduction; 5.1.1 Typical RECM Requirements and Missions; 5.1.2 EW Radar Jamming Equation; 5.2 Radar ECM Architecture; 5.3 Digital Radio-Frequency Memory; 5.3.1 Phase-Sampled DRFMs; 5.4 Radar ECM Transmitters; 5.5 Chaff; 5.6 Communication ECM Systems; 5.7 Infrared ECM Systems; 5.7.1 Flares; 5.8 Conclusion; References.