Feasibility Study and Conceptual Design of Missile-Borne Synthetic Aperture Radar

In this paper, feasibility study along with conceptual design of missile-borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) has been accomplished, which can effectively improve the detection capability and the blow precision of a missile. First, SAR echo signal modeling, geometry configuration for missile-borne SAR scenario, and an appropriate image formation algorithm are presented. Then, a system block diagram along with complete discussions about different parts and system design considerations of the SAR seeker are explained. Finally, simulation of the whole system along with raw data generation considering the imaging geometry of the missile-borne SAR seeker has been performed. Experimental results show that the proposed system is capable of imaging and targeting in the complicated geometry of missile-borne SAR.