Jammer-Nulling Transmit-Adaptive Radar Against Knowledge-Based Jammers in Electronic Warfare

Abstract

The authors present transmit-adaptive jammer nulling waveforms in cognitive radar (CRr) for aircraft response recognition as a form of electronic support in the electronic warfare domain. New forms of knowledge-based noise jammers that function as a form of electronic attack to matched illumination waveforms are also introduced. These knowledge-based noise jamming techniques capitalize on prior knowledge of the target's frequency response to obscure the true target response echo. The results from simulation show that real-time adaptive waveforms suppress the effects of electronic attack noise jammers and the newly introduced knowledge-based noise jammers. High bandwidth radar cross section (RCS) responses via electromagnetic (EM) simulations of true-to-physical-size aircraft are used for simulations to produce CRr classification performance against a comprehensive list of noise jammers.

Keywords

• Cognitive radar
• electronic warfare
• electronic support
• electronic protection
• electronic attack
• waveform design