Numerical RCS and micro-Doppler investigations of a consumer UAV

Arne Schröder; Uwe Aulenbacher; Matthias Renker; Urs Böniger; Roland Oechslin; Axel Murk; Peter Wellig

doi:10.1117/12.2241298

24 October 2016 Numerical RCS and micro-Doppler investigations of a consumer UAV

Arne Schröder, Uwe Aulenbacher, Matthias Renker, Urs Böniger, Roland Oechslin, Axel Murk, Peter Wellig

Proceedings Volume 9997, Target and Background Signatures II; 999704 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2241298
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

This contribution gives an overview of recent investigations regarding the detection of a consumer market unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The steadily increasing number of such drones gives rise to the threat of UAVs interfering civil air traffic. Technologies for monitoring UAVs which are flying in restricted air space, i. e. close to airports or even over airports, are desperately needed. One promising way for tracking drones is to employ radar systems. For the detection and classification of UAVs, the knowledge about their radar cross section (RCS) and micro-Doppler signature is of particular importance. We have carried out numerical and experimental studies of the RCS and the micro-Doppler of an example commercial drone in order to study its detectability with radar systems.

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Arne Schröder, Uwe Aulenbacher, Matthias Renker, Urs Böniger, Roland Oechslin, Axel Murk, and Peter Wellig "Numerical RCS and micro-Doppler investigations of a consumer UAV", Proc. SPIE 9997, Target and Background Signatures II, 999704 (24 October 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2241298

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