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2 unusual facts about Wave radar


SAM-N-2 Lark

Six of the Convair airframes were given to Raytheon to explore use of velocity-gated continuous wave doppler radar for guided missile target seekers, while most other United States investigators used range-gated pulse radar.

Wave radar

The beam of an IR radar (laser) is non dispersive, the radar footprint is therefore independent of range.



see also

TAI/AgustaWestland T129

On 16 July 2007, the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Meteksan Savunma Sanayii AŞ and Bilkent University formed a consortium for the development of an advanced millimetre wave radar (MILDAR), similar to the Longbow and the IAI/ELTA radars.