IET International Conference on Radar Systems (IRC 2018)

Key Topics

• Radar systems
  • Ground to space surveillance
  • Ground to air surveillance
  • Airborne surveillance
  • Naval and coastal surveillance
  • Meteorological radars
  • Fire control radar
  • ATM systems
  • Secondary radar
  • Emission control, LPI Radars
  • Multifunction, active / passive RF-EW-CNI systems
  • Multiplatform / multisite systems
  • Networks of sensors
  • Counterstealth detection
  • ECM / ECCM
  • Frequency spectral challenges to radar systems
  • Design / validation of complex systems
  • Ballistic defence missiles
  • Weather radar
  • SAR modes for 2D and interferometric SAR
  • Remote sensing from airborne or spaceborne systems
  • Innovative SAR concepts
  • Distributed / bistatic or multistatic systems
  • Maritime Situational Awareness (MSA)
  • Space Situational Awareness (SSA)
• Radar environment and phenomenology
  • Target and clutter signature
  • Propagation, foliage penetration
  • Multifunction systems simulation
  • Low observable design
• Emerging radar applications
  • Pollution detection, environment monitoring
  • Mine detection
  • Docking aid, tank gauge
  • Automatic cruise control / security control
  • Sense and avoid
  • Surveillance of runways / detection of debris
• Waveform design, beamforming and signal processing
  • Knowledge Aided (KA) STAP
  • Space-time waveforms / processing (STAP)
  • Coloured / Interleaved transmission, MIMO
  • Adaptive beamforming
  • Target extraction from clutter and jamming
  • Multifrequency / multipolarisation techniques
  • Cognitive radar
  • Detection, CFAR, tracking after / before detection
• Advanced sub-systems technologies
  • Wideband antennas and radomes
  • New antenna concepts
  • Frequency / angular selective structures
  • Antenna calibration
  • Future T/R modules
  • RF filtering
  • RF modular architectures
  • High speed analogue to digital converters
  • Reconfigurable processing architectures
  • Integrated modular avionics
  • Benefits of civilian technologies (COTS)
• Emerging technologies
  • Time and frequency synchronisation
  • Bistatic / multistatic radar
  • Low frequency radar
  • Passive detection and location, triangulation
  • Dual band radar
  • Millimetre radar / radiometry
  • Laser radar
  • Ultra wide band radar
  • RF photonics
  • High power solid state
  • MEMS for radar applications
  • Superconducting oscillators and filters
  • Bio-inspired radars
  • Conformal, non-standard antenna
  • Radar entomology
  • Health monitoring radars
• Radar management techniques
  • Data fusion, resources allocation
  • Multifunction radar / waveform management
  • Multicriteria optimisation
  • Radar beam scheduling and planning
  • A-SMGCS (Advanced- Surface Movement Guidance and Control System)
  • Multilateration / cooperation of sensors
• Computer modelling, simulation and validation
  • Environment modelling
  • Virtual prototyping
  • Performance evaluation
• Automatic classification
  • ISAR
  • NCTR, ATR
  • High Range Resolution systems
  • Modelling / learning
  • Sensor fusion for identification

Who should Attend

Senior purchasing managers, research and development engineers, radar users, procurement managers, PhD students, academics and all others working with radar systems.