The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), as part of a customer and mission-funded exploratory development program, has been evaluating low-frequency, ultra-wideband (UWB) imaging radar for forward imaging to support the Army's vision for increased mobility and survivability of unmanned ground vehicle missions. As part of the program to improve the radar system and imaging capability, ARL has incorporated a Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) for motion compensation into the radar system. The use of DGPS can greatly increase positional accuracy, thereby allowing us to improve our ability to focus better images for the detection of small targets such as plastic mines and other concealed objects buried underground. The ability of UWB radar technology to detect concealed objects could provide an important obstacle avoidance capability for robotic vehicles, which would improve the speed and maneuverability of these vehicles and consequently increase the survivability of the U.S. forces. This paper details the integration and discusses the significance of integrating a DGPS into the radar system for forward imaging. It also compares the difference between DGPS and the motion compensation data collected by the use of the original theodolite-based system.


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    Title :

    Integration of differential Global Positioning System with ultra-wideband synthetic aperture radar for forward imaging


    Contributors:
    Wong, D. (author) / Bui, Khang (author) / Nguyen, L. (author) / Smith, G. (author) / Ton, Tuan (author)


    Publication date :

    2003


    Size :

    10 Seiten, 6 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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