Radar environment and phenomenology

• Propagation, foliage penetration

• Target and clutter signature

• Low observable design

• Multifunction systems simulation

Radar systems

• Ground to air surveillance

• Ground to space surveillance

• Naval and coastal surveillance

• Airborne surveillance

• Fire control radar

• Meteorological radars

• Secondary radar

• ATM systems

• Multifunction, active / passive RF-EW-CNI systems

• Emission control, LPI Radars

• Networks of sensors

• Multiplatform / multisite systems

• ECM / ECCM

• Counterstealth detection

• Design / validation of complex systems

• Frequency spectral challenges to radar systems

• Weather radar

• Ballistic defence missiles

Remote sensing from airborne or spaceborne systems

• SAR modes for 2D and interferometric SAR

• Distributed / bistatic or multistatic systems

• Innovative SAR concepts

• Space Situational Awareness (SSA)

• Maritime Situational Awareness (MSA)

Waveform design, beamforming and signal processing

• Space-time waveforms / processing (STAP)

• Knowledge Aided (KA) STAP

• Adaptive beamforming

• Coloured / Interleaved transmission, MIMO

• Multifrequency / multipolarisation techniques

• Target extraction from clutter and jamming

• Detection, CFAR, tracking after / before detection

• Cognitive radar

Emerging radar applications

• Mine detection

• Pollution detection, environment monitoring

• Automatic cruise control / security control

• Docking aid, tank gauge

• Surveillance of runways / detection of debris

• Sense and avoid

Emerging technologies

• Bistatic / multistatic radar

• Time and frequency synchronisation

• Passive detection and location, triangulation

• Low frequency radar

• Millimetre radar / radiometry

• Dual band radar

• Ultra wide band radar

• Laser radar

• High power solid state

• RF photonics

• Superconducting oscillators and filters

• MEMS for radar applications

• Conformal, non-standard antenna

• Bio-inspired radars

• Health monitoring radars

• Radar entomology

Advanced sub-systems technologies

• New antenna concepts

• Wideband antennas and radomes

• Antenna calibration

• Frequency / angular selective structures

• RF filtering

• Future T/R modules

• High speed analogue to digital converters

• RF modular architectures

• Integrated modular avionics

• Reconfigurable processing architectures

• Benefits of civilian technologies (COTS)

Computer modelling, simulation and validation

• Virtual prototyping

• Environment modelling

• Performance evaluation

Radar management techniques

• Multifunction radar / waveform management

• Data fusion, resources allocation

• Radar beam scheduling and planning

• Multicriteria optimisation

• Multilateration / cooperation of sensors

• A-SMGCS (Advanced- Surface Movement Guidance and Control System)

Automatic classification

• NCTR, ATR

• ISAR

• Modelling / learning

• High Range Resolution systems

• Sensor fusion for identification