Passive radar testbed and preliminary experiments in recognition of non-cooperative aircraft intruding into controlled airspace

Jonathan Pisane (1, 2) , Sylvain Azarian (1) , Marc Lesturgie (1, 3) , Jacques Verly (2)

1 SONDRA - Sondra, CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay (COmUE)
2 Institut Montefiore - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
3 ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Palaiseau]

We consider the automatic classification of aircraft observed with a passive radar, thus using illuminators of opportunity. We deployed a testbed and developed classification algorithms. Preliminary tests show a correct recognition rate of 72%.

Domaines: Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]

Jonathan Pisane, Sylvain Azarian, Marc Lesturgie, Jacques Verly. Passive radar testbed and preliminary experiments in recognition of non-cooperative aircraft intruding into controlled airspace. URSI Forum 2012, Sep 2012, Bruxelles, Belgium. ⟨hal-00780760⟩