Continuous wave (CW) refers to a type of signal or transmission where the signal is constant and does not vary with time. In various contexts, the term is used to describe continuous, uninterrupted oscillations or waves. Here are a few...

That characteristic which makes a weapon system less visible to radar, optical, acousto-optic, infrared and other military...

1. The process of following an object's movement; accomplished by focusing a radar beam on the reticle of an optical system...

Referring to the bandwidth and spectrum location of the signal produced by television or radar scanning.

The analysis of the photographs taken from the radar display of a survey aircraft and used when recording terrain that is...

Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) refers to a set of safety features and technologies designed to assist drivers in...

A waveguide is a physical structure or device that is designed to confine and guide electromagnetic waves, such as radio...

Photon flow created by imaging of light into a detector array; IPD is the electrical signal used by the image processor in a...

A radar system that uses electro-optic rather than microwave instrumentation and methods to perform its acquisition and...

A laser radar application in which a sequence of direct measurements of target position is fed into a tracking filter to...

1. An optical distance finder that depends on triangulation of two convergent beams on an object from disparate view points....

An imaging process, similar to specific Doppler mapping radar techniques, that utilizes a laser, an optical imaging system,...

Digital signal processing (DSP) refers to the manipulation and analysis of signals, which are representations of physical...

A controlled motion system that may use a telescope, camera or antenna to follow accurately a satellite, missile, vehicle or...

The spontaneous visual presentation of radar information by electronic traces on a cathode-ray tube.

Gallium nitride (GaN) is a compound made up of gallium (Ga) and nitrogen (N). It is a wide-bandgap semiconductor material...

Backscatter refers to the phenomenon in which radiation or waves are scattered backward, opposite to the direction of the...

A scanning laser radar system applied to transmission and concentration analysis in three dimensions of clouds as well as...

A phase-modulated sensor is a type of sensor that uses modulation of the phase of a signal to measure changes in a physical...

A light, radar or electron beam used to scan according to a particular method.

End-fire coupling refers to a method of coupling energy into or out of a waveguide, transmission line, or antenna, where the...

Imaging radar that increases the sweep of its along-track (or azimuth) capacity by measuring not only the time delay of the...