Kalman Filter Applications in Airborne Radar Tracking
- 1 May 1974
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
- Vol. AES-10 (3), 319-329
- https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.1974.307824
Abstract
This paper studies the application of Kalman filtering to single-target track systems in airborne radar. An angle channel Kalman filter is configured which incorporates measures of range, range rate, and on-board dynamics. Theoretical performance results are given and a discussion of methods for reducing the complexity of the Kalman gain computation is presented. A suboptimal antenna controller which operates on the outputs of the angle Kalman filter is also described. In addition, methodological improvements are shown to exist in the design of range and range-rate trackers using the Kalman filter configuration.Keywords
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