The Army has developed a tunable, noise-encrypted radar waveform that will be harder for enemy radar detectors to spot and for enemy weapons to destroy.
The Advanced Pulse Compression Noise (APCN) waveform, created by the Army's Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC), will enable stealthier radar. APCN combines traditional and nontraditional radar waveforms, and can be adjusted on the spot by the user for a given scenario, according to an Army news release.
APCN can also adapt to congested frequencies.
"Techniques such as real-time reprogrammable waveform synthesis and low probability of intercept/low probability of detection (LPI/LPD) provide added capability that will address the emerging electromagnetic spectrum challenges our soldiers are likely to face in the future," said Paul Zablocky, director of CERDEC's Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate.
Other potential uses speed detectors for law enforcement, as well as communications.
"Given the prevalence of software-defined capabilities, it's totally conceivable to consider this type of technology as an alternative to what's currently used with some of the more critical communication networks like GPS and emergency broadcasting," CERDEC scientist Mark Govoni said.
