Dual-use shipborne phased array radar technology and tactical environmental sensing

Abstract

This paper describes the use of military phased array radar technology for environmental sensing and details the results of an at-sea demonstration of the Tactical Environmental Processor (TEP). The TEP system is a COTS-based signal processor that converts radar inphase and quadrature (I/Q) data into spectral moment data used by the meteorological community. The work detailed was performed under cooperative agreement between Lockheed Martin and The Office of Naval Research.