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RCSMS

Product catalog summary

Overview
RCSMS is a cost-effective, flexible, and transportable Radar Cross Section Measurement System designed for accurate RCS assessments of full-scale targets. It can be used both indoors and outdoors, providing near-field measurements that are converted to far-field radar images.

Operation and Performance

Suitable for measuring components, missiles, small aircraft, UAVs, and scale models indoors, and full-scale aircraft outdoors.
Compliant with stealth platform requirements, offering high sensitivity and accuracy.
Utilizes SAR measurements to filter out environmental clutter and multipath contributions.
Compatible with IDS RCS prediction tools, aiding in aeronautical platform design.

Composition

RF and Antennas: Includes a Vector Network Analyzer and specialized radar head with various antennas.
Antenna Positioner: A 2D wide planar scanner for positioning in horizontal and vertical directions.
Target Positioner: Low RCS support and rotational positioner.
Software: Acquisition control for hardware management and post-processing for image generation and RCS estimation.

Technical Specifications

Frequency Range: 1 – 40 GHz coherent.
Polarization: HH, VV, HV, VH (one at a time).
Measurement Range: From a few meters to hundreds of meters.
Resolution: Down to 5 cm depending on frequency band and scan length.

Measurement System Capabilities

Waveform: Stepped LFMCW with PRF agility.
System Noise Figure: <10 dB @ RX port.
NERCS: < -50 dBsm @ 35m in Ku and Ka bands; < -60 dBsm @ 35m in L, S, C, and X bands.
Transmit Power: Up to 40 dBm.
Minimum Measurable RCS: -35 dBsm @ 35m with ±1 dB accuracy.

RF Performance

Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF): Up to 50 MHz.
Range Gate Pulse Width: 5 ns – 80 µs at 5ns steps.

Catalog excerpts

AERONAUTICAL DIVISION Radar Cross Section Measurement System Indoor and Outdoor RCS Measurement System

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RCSMS RCSMS RCSMS is a cost effective, flexible and transportable measurement system which provides accurate Radar Cross Section (RCS) assessments of full scale targets. Measurements can be performed indoors in anechoic, partial anechoic or non-anechoic environments or outdoors in suitable test areas free of large obstacles. RCSMS is a near field measurement system positioned using a planar scanner which acquires 2D/3D synthetic aperture radar (SAR) diagnostic radar images of the target and converts them to undistorted far field like radar images. The measurement procedure has been extensively...

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