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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Qinetiq Limited, Farnborough, GB;
Inventors:
William Nicholas Dawber, West Sussex, GB;
Gary Steven Pearson, Hampshire, GB;
Assignee:
QINETIQ LIMITED, Hampshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/90 (2006.01); G01S 7/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/00 (2006.01); G01S 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/003 (2013.01); G01S 5/06 (2013.01); G01S 7/003 (2013.01); G01S 13/90 (2013.01); G01S 13/904 (2019.05); G01S 13/9058 (2019.05);
Abstract
Some embodiments are directed to a radar imaging system that includes a radar transmitter configured to transmit radar at a target; an aperture including an array of physically independent airborne carriers, each of the carriers configured to receive radar echoes from the target; and a base station, which may be located at ground level, in communication with each of the airborne carriers to receive the radar echoes and determine an image of the target from the received radar echoes.