How IADS and SAMs Work: Metric Accuracy, Transition to Track, and Hand-Offs

This presentation will discuss the basic principles of an Integrated Air Defense System (IADS), and the basic characteristics of a radar-guided missile system. This will be an overview webinar, not a detailed discussion. You will leave the webinar with a basic understanding of how IADS and missile intercepts work from the short discussion of each of the following 8 topics:

• Target detection, resolution, and countermeasures (noise jamming)
• Variations of the radar range equation for various search volumes
• Tracking radars (dedicated and track-while-scan)
• Radar waveforms, matched filtering, and signal processing
• Target state estimation, tracking, and association
• Target classification, discrimination, and identification
• Phased-Array radar concepts and fundamental radar design trade-offs
• Missile guidance and intercepts