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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2017
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);
Martin T. Faulhaber, Melbourne, FL (US);
Robert A. Scow, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Richard Warren, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);
Abstract
A system for providing an estimate of far-field radar cross-section (RCS) measurements of an aircraft. The system includes a plurality of automatic guided vehicles (AGV) each including a robot arm and a radar unit selectively mounted thereto and being interchangeable with a camera. Each AGV includes an AGV controller for controlling the robot arm, the radar unit and the camera so as to cause the radar unit to provide the near-field RCS measurements or the camera to provide images of the aircraft. The system further includes a real time signature diagnostic sub-system (SDS-RT) responsive to the near-field RCS measurement signals from the radar units and the images from the cameras in real time, and an SDS controller responsive to re-configured near-field RCS measurement signals and images from the SDS-RT and configuring the near-field RCS measurement signals and the images into the estimate of the far-field RCS measurements of the aircraft.