radar development status report s. gogineni, c. allen, j. ledford, k. marathe, v. jara, s....
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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