A.R. Ilchuk1, V.I. Merkulov2, D.V. Zakomoldin3

1 JSC «RPC «Istok» named after Shokin" (Fryazino, Moscow region, Russia)
2 JSC Vega Radio Engineering Corporation (Moscow, Russia)
3 Zhukov Air and Space Defence Academy (Tver, Russia)

1 arilchuk@istokmw.ru, 2 ilya-zagrebelnyi@mail.ru, 3 denjuga68@yandex.ru

Analysis of research conducted both in our country and abroad shows that one of the areas of aircraft development is work on the creation of high-speed aircraft (HSA). Currently, the developers' immediate goal is to create experimental models of aircraft and their power plants.

Trends in the development of aircrafts and analysis of the principles of construction of existing radars show that solving the problems of detecting and tracking aircraft is associated with a number of features determined by the nature of the trajectory of their movement, the values of speeds and the range of flight altitudes, which requires a more detailed consideration of these features, mainly at the stage of primary processing reflected signals.

Firstly, high flight speeds of HSA require that the detection of such objects occur at increased ranges. Secondly, when observing HSA, especially when using the mode of long-term coherent accumulation of reflected signals and using pulses of relatively short duration (a few microseconds), there is a “migration” of the target (reflected signal) along the range gates. Thirdly, analysis of changes in the parameters of the signal reflected from HSA shows that even with a rectilinear uniform flight of aircraft, provided that the target and the carrier do not move with a relative course equal to zero, components of the radial acceleration of the target and its derivative appear.

These circumstances necessitated the consideration of radar surveillance of HSA at the stage of primary processing of reflected signals.

Ilchuk A.R., Merkulov V.I., Zakomoldin D.V. Problems of interception of high-speed aircrafts maneuvering according to complex laws. Part 3. Features of radar surveillance. Achievements of modern radioelectronics. 2024. V. 78. № 9. P. 5–16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18127/ j20700784-202409-01 [in Russian]

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