Demonstrating the concept of using synthetic environments in radar acceptance and procurement

This paper describes an experiment into the use of a synthetic environment (SE) in a radar acceptance and procurement procedure. The concepts and benefits of using an SE are discussed and a suite of models which can produce realistic synthetic radar data is described. An account of baseband, in-phase and quadrature (IQ) data, generated by the QinetiQ radar model generic engagement environment simulation suite (GEnESiS), being injected into a fully operational and integrated radar's receive chain, is given. The final track output of the radar is shown and the metrics that could be used to assess radar performance are discussed. (5 pages)