Space-time clutter model and analysis for airborne radar with conformal phased array antenna

The space-time clutter model and simulation of AEW (airborne early warning) radar with conformal phased array are studied. The patterns of the two types of conformal are investigated, the principle of element placement is presented, a space-time clutter model is developed, and the characteristics of the space-time clutter are analyzed. The computer simulating of generating the space-time clutter data for a conformal phased array radar is discussed. Finally, the space-time clutter power-spectra are given by estimating the covariance matrix of space-time clutter, and the simulation result shows that the model is creditable. These results are available for further researching the space-time adaptive processing for practical conformal phased array radar.