{"id":69753,"date":"2016-04-20T09:37:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T09:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=3264e8d3787f8ba2d1a8b68c856b270e"},"modified":"2016-04-20T09:37:49","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T09:37:49","slug":"news-story-persistent-surveillance-from-the-air-with-novel-radar-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=69753","title":{"rendered":"News story: Persistent surveillance from the air with novel radar system"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/index.aspx\">The University of Birmingham<\/a> was funded by the Centre for Defence Enterprise (<abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr>) to build a proof-of-concept radar system for use on high-altitude platforms, which can detect slow-moving targets in dense foliage.<\/p>\n<p>The system, known as SIMITAR, is a multiple-input and multiple-output (<abbr title=\"multiple-input and multiple-output\">MIMO<\/abbr>) towed radar array. This creates a long virtual array while reducing the number of physical elements required. This allows for use on a wide range of manned and unmanned air platforms, optimises moving target indicator performance and computational efficiency, while maintaining synthetic aperture radar capability.<\/p>\n<p>Initial work has shown that SIMITAR is not only feasible and operable from a platform as light as a high-altitude pseudo-satellite (<abbr title=\"high-altitude pseudo-satellite\">HAPS<\/abbr>), but competitive in terms of its performance too. Studies have revealed that the system can detect very slow-moving targets (~1 m\/s), in dense foliage, and at stand-offs of up to tens of kilometres. A technology demonstrator has also been built to put the system to the test.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Mike Antoniou, Lecturer in Radar Sensors and Systems, University of Birmingham says:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The funding and support we got from <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> has allowed taking our research to the next level.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The University of Birmingham was first founded in 1900 as England\u2019s first civic University. It comprises more than 6,500 staff and has students in excess of 28,000. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"about-cde\">About <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p><abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> funds novel, high-risk, high-potential-benefit research. We work with the broadest possible range of science and technology providers, including academia and small companies, to develop cost-effective capabilities for UK armed forces and national security.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory\"><abbr title=\"Defence Science and Technology Laboratory\">Dstl<\/abbr><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_1917\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Centre for Defence Enterprise<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">Building R103<br \/>\n<br \/>\nFermi Avenue<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"locality\">Harwell Oxford<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"region\">Oxfordshire<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">OX11 0QX<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:cde@dstl.gov.uk\">cde@dstl.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Telephone <\/span><br \/>\n              +44 (0)30 67704236\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Alternative number<\/span><br \/>\n              +44 (0)30 67704237\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"comments\">Please email for the quickest response.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Case study from the University of Birmingham who will pitch their ideas to industry and investors at the CDE Marketplace on 27 April 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}