ATR performance using enhanced resolution SAR

MIT Lincoln Laboratory has developed a compete, end-to-end, automatic target detection/recognition (ATD/R) system for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. A data-adaptive approach has been developed to enhance SAR image resolution based on super-resolution techniques; this approach is called high-definition imaging. This paper quantifies the improvement in ATR performance from enhanced resolution SAR imagery in the Lincoln Laboratory ATD/R system.