Chaotic Radar System

The Aerospace Corporation Engineering, 2005-06

Liaison(s): Samuel S. Osofsky ’85, Albert M. Young
Advisor(s): John Molinder
Students(s): Joshua Slater (TL), Kawika Maunupau, Peter Paras, Andrew Chin, Karl Janich Amir Adibi (F), Matt Totino (F)

The Aerospace Corporation has developed an oscillator which generates a wideband chaotic signal. This year’s Clinic Team has been asked to design, build, and demonstrate a radar system using the chaotic signal as the basis for the transmitted waveform. Because of the noise-like nature of the chaotic waveform, this proof-ofconcept system would make the radar signal harder to detect than that of traditional radar systems.