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Progress in millimeter-wave system


applications in the US

James C. Wiltse

James C. Wiltse, "Progress in millimeter-wave system applications in the US,"


Proc. SPIE 1576, 16th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter
Waves, 15765Z (4 December 2017); doi: 10.1117/12.2297928

Event: 16th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 1991,


Lausanne, Switzerland

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PROGRESS IN
IN MILLIMETER -WAVE SYSTEM
MILLIMETER-WAVE SYSTEM APPLICATIONS
APPLICATIONS

IN THE U.S.
U.S.
James C.
C. Wiltse
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech Research
Research Institute
Institute
Georgia Institute
Institute of
of Technology
Atlanta,
Atlanta, Georgia 30332,
30332, USA

Several major millimeter -wave


millimeter-wave system developments are
proceeding inin the
the United
United States.
States. The systems
systems include
include satellite
satellite
communications, missile terminal guidance, airborne airborne synthetic
aperture radar, and
and airborne radiometric imaging
imaging equipment. These
are
are supported
supported byby significant
significant technology
technology thrusts,
thrusts, including
including the
the
MIMIC (Microwave and Millimeter Wave Monolithic Integrated
Circuits) program, and a major major effort to measure
effort to measure target
target and
and
background radar
radar returns
returns at
at several
several wavelengths.
wavelengths.

Several of the projects,


projects, such as the the MILSTAR
MILSTAR satellite
communications
communications program
program and
and the
the multiple -launch rocket
multiple-launch rocket system's
system's
terminal guidance seeker
terminal guidance seeker have
have been
been underway
underway for
for some
some time,
time, the
the
latter with European participation. Others
Others such
such as
as the
the millimeter
millimeter- -
wave Maverick and the Longbow missile guidance developments areare of
of
recent vintage. current one is the Lincoln Laboratory
vintage. Another current Laboratory 3333
GHz
GHz high resolution
resolution synthetic aperture radar
synthetic aperture radar which
which is
is being
being used
used
for the
for the acquisition of precision
precision data on targets
targets and
and backgrounds
backgrounds
for use in new guidance algorithms.
for algorithms.

The millimeter
The -wave Maverick
millimeter-wave Maverick program is in the hardware
demonstration phases for an air-to-ground
air -to- ground tactical missile
development. Two independent contractor teams are each designing,
building, and
and testing
testing aa seeker, one at
seeker, one at Ka
Ka and one
one at
atW W-band.
-band.
Emphasis is
is on
on developing
developing aa low -cost and
low-cost and reliable
reliable system having aa
maximum range
maximum range ofof about
about 12 kilometers. The sensor design parameters
12 kilometers.
will be described.
described.
The Longbow
Longbow program
program is
is aa helicopter -launched tactical missile
helicopter-launched missile
system
system employing
employing aa millimeter -wave radar
millimeter-wave radar and
and seekers.
seekers. This
This isis
essentially
essentially an
an adverse -weather replacement
adverse-weather replacement for
for the
the current
currentlaser -
laser-
guided Hellfire.
guided Hellfire. A mast -mounted fire
mast-mounted fire control radar acquires
control radar acquires
targets and
targets and hands them
them over
over toto the
the missile
missile seeker,
seeker, which
which guides
guides
itself to the target. The Longbow project is
the target. is a candidate for for the
insertion of MIMIC chips
insertion chips for reduction
reduction of weight,
weight, size,
size, and cost.
cost.

In the area
In area ofof passive
passive remote
remote sensing,
sensing, the
the Special
Special Sensor
Sensor
Microwave /Imager (SSM/I)
Microwave/Imager (SSM /I)satellite
satellitehas
has been
been in
in orbit
orbit for several
several
years, obtaining radiometric
years, radiometric imagery
imagery at
at frequencies
frequencies ofof 19.35,
19.35, 22,
22,
37,
37, and 85.5
85.5 GHz.
GHz. An airborne
airborne imagining radiometer has now been been
built and is being used to make atmospheric
atmospheric sounding measurements
at similar frequencies, in parallel with the satellite
measurements.
The presentation will discuss progress in the development of
of
these systems.
systems.

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