DESCRIPTION OF A RADAR CROSS SECTION PREDICTION CODE WITH APPLICATIONS TO INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS

Abstract

Following the recent advances in the fields of electromagnetic prediction theory and computer power, and a growing interest to low observables or stealth platforms [1], new software tools for the calculation of radar backscattering have been developed in several companies/institutions. While the basics of the algorithms used are the same, each code has been focused on different ranges of frequencies, kinds of platforms, and so on. This paper describes the prediction code developed at IDS, which is currently used in consultancy activities in the fields of design of new platforms with reduced/controlled RCS, as well as evaluation of the radar signature of existing systems. [Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 159-174 (1991), Special Issue on Applications of High Frequency Methods and Computer Techniques in Electromagnetics]