CASPAR CASPARAirborne radars have been developed for use with a variety of platforms ranging from low altitude platforms such as helicopters to medium altitude platforms such as airships and both medium and high altitude platforms using conventional aircraft. For target detection at ranges within the radar horizon, the radar detection capability is limited by clutter, the unwanted radar returns from the illumination of the earth's surface. The detection of targets in the presence of clutter involves the discrimination between the radar returns due to the clutter contributors and those due to the targets. The assessment of the performance of an airborne radar involves consideration of the effects of clutter and hence of the combined effects of the primary radar parameters and the operating environment; these include the radar frequency, the choice of modulation, the platform altitude and velocity, the type of receiver signal processing and the nature of the clutter. In consequence, the performance of candidate radar systems is most readily investigated using computer techniques.
CASPAR allows the complete analysis of all these factors to be modelled. This allows
CASPAR is easily operated and has many facilities including full screen editing of Input Data and comprehensive reporting.
Look at the use of CASPAR in radar system modelling for arrays on aircraft and for reflectors on helicopters.
CASPAR is available on these platforms.