UAV-mounted Corner Reflector for In-Situ Radar Verification and Calibration

Authors :: Fabio Paonessa
Stefania Matteoli
Antonio Sarri
Giuseppe Addamo
Giuseppe Virone
Luca Fiori
Oscar Antonio Peverini
Kevin DellrOmodarme
Source :: 2018 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurement and Applications, Västerås, Sweden, 3 to 6 September 2018, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Fabio Paonessa ; Giuseppe Virone ; Antonio Sarri ; Kevin Dell'Omodarme ; Luca Fiori ; Giuseppe Addamo ; Stefania Matteoli ; Oscar A. Peverini/congresso_nome:2018 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurement and Applications/congresso_luogo:Västerås, Sweden/congresso_data:3 to 6 September 2018/anno:2018/pagina_da:/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: IEEE, 2018.
Abstract: This paper presents a flying target for monostatic radar verification. It consists of a corner reflector mounted on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The main advantages of this configuration are the lower weight and wind resistance with respect to spheres having the same Radar Cross Section (RCS), leading to an enhanced overall operability. The UAV-mounted target has been tested with indoor and outdoor RCS measurements (X band). Predicted and experimental data are in good agreement.

Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: 2018 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements & Applications (CAMA)
Accession number :: edsair.doi.dedup.....51ea33de9f9da66356f98cefb53c2440

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