A reference for professionals, as well as students and professors of electrical and system engineering or military science, this comprehensive discussion provides broad coverage of AEW system concepts and enabling technologies, and is presented at varying levels of complexity, ranging from elementary to advanced.

This comprehensive discussion provides broad coverage of AEW system concepts and enabling technologies and is presented at varying levels of complexity, ranging from elementary to advanced. For the generalist, the text provides a fundamental understanding of the status of AEW concepts with the use of only elementary mathematics. For the specialist, there are separate chapters that emphasize key AEW radar issues, including such topics as: Aircraft effects on sidelobe clutter; clutter and target models for AEW; radar parameter selection; clutter, false alarm, and tatget direction statistics; algorithms for multiple target tracking; and target recognition system development. Supported by 202 equations and 170 illustrations, coverage includes the development of AEW, missions and system requirements, fixed wing aircraft, aerostat and airship systems, antenna/aircraft configurations, radar surveillance and height finding, example AEW systems, automatic tracking, and noncooperative target recognition (NCTR). A reference for engineers, scientists, system integrators, users, designers, or managers and suitable for students and professors of electrical and system engineering or military science.