[CQ-Contest] follow-up OTHR

[N7MAL]

Here is more info than you want or, probably, need to know. This is 100% directly from the Australian Dept of Defense.


The Department of Defense is at present managing the Jindalee Over-The-Horizon Radar Network (JORN) Project, which will install a network of radar transmitters and receivers to provide a comprehensive and cost effective surveillance of the northern and western approaches of Australia. The ability to illuminate and identify a desired target is very much dependent on the variable refractive characteristics of the ionospheric layers. Coupled with the need to track multiple aircraft and ship targets against unwanted reflections from waves and ground objects, this makes the operation of the radar network extremely complex.

In order to realise the full potential of the technology embodied within the radar system, the Department of Defence is keen to incorporate the experience and higher level knowledge of the research scientists of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) into the control of JORN.

A team of BHP knowledge engineers worked closely with DSTO scientists and software engineers. A software application has been developed to capture and disseminate the radar tasking knowledge from the scientists. The application has demonstrated that the technology, if successfully deployed, could have a major impact on the efficacy of JORN facilities.

This paper outlines the background and the development of the Intelligent Radar Tasking Concept Evaluator.




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