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James C. Wiltse
PROGRESS IN
IN MILLIMETER -WAVE SYSTEM
MILLIMETER-WAVE SYSTEM APPLICATIONS
APPLICATIONS
IN THE U.S.
U.S.
James C.
C. Wiltse
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech Research
Research Institute
Institute
Georgia Institute
Institute of
of Technology
Atlanta,
Atlanta, Georgia 30332,
30332, USA
The millimeter
The -wave Maverick
millimeter-wave Maverick program is in the hardware
demonstration phases for an air-to-ground
air -to- ground tactical missile
development. Two independent contractor teams are each designing,
building, and
and testing
testing aa seeker, one at
seeker, one at Ka
Ka and one
one at
atW W-band.
-band.
Emphasis is
is on
on developing
developing aa low -cost and
low-cost and reliable
reliable system having aa
maximum range
maximum range ofof about
about 12 kilometers. The sensor design parameters
12 kilometers.
will be described.
described.
The Longbow
Longbow program
program is
is aa helicopter -launched tactical missile
helicopter-launched missile
system
system employing
employing aa millimeter -wave radar
millimeter-wave radar and
and seekers.
seekers. This
This isis
essentially
essentially an
an adverse -weather replacement
adverse-weather replacement for
for the
the current
currentlaser -
laser-
guided Hellfire.
guided Hellfire. A mast -mounted fire
mast-mounted fire control radar acquires
control radar acquires
targets and
targets and hands them
them over
over toto the
the missile
missile seeker,
seeker, which
which guides
guides
itself to the target. The Longbow project is
the target. is a candidate for for the
insertion of MIMIC chips
insertion chips for reduction
reduction of weight,
weight, size,
size, and cost.
cost.
In the area
In area ofof passive
passive remote
remote sensing,
sensing, the
the Special
Special Sensor
Sensor
Microwave /Imager (SSM/I)
Microwave/Imager (SSM /I)satellite
satellitehas
has been
been in
in orbit
orbit for several
several
years, obtaining radiometric
years, radiometric imagery
imagery at
at frequencies
frequencies ofof 19.35,
19.35, 22,
22,
37,
37, and 85.5
85.5 GHz.
GHz. An airborne
airborne imagining radiometer has now been been
built and is being used to make atmospheric
atmospheric sounding measurements
at similar frequencies, in parallel with the satellite
measurements.
The presentation will discuss progress in the development of
of
these systems.
systems.
16th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, edited by Minh Quang Tran, Proc. of SPIE
Vol. 1576, 15765Z (1991) 2017 SPIE CCC code: 0277-786X/17/$18 doi: 10.1117/12.2297928