6A008

Operating at frequencies from 40 GHz to 230 GHz and having any of the following:

An average output power exceeding 100 mW; or

Locating "accuracy" of 1 m or less (better) in range and 0,2 degree or less (better) in azimuth;

A tunable bandwidth exceeding ± 6,25 % of the ‘centre operating frequency’;

Capable of operating simultaneously on more than two carrier frequencies;

Capable of operating in synthetic aperture (SAR), inverse synthetic aperture (ISAR) radar mode, or sidelooking airborne (SLAR) radar mode;

Incorporating electronically scanned array antennae;

Capable of heightfinding non-cooperative targets;

Specially designed for airborne (balloon or airframe mounted) operation and having Doppler "signal processing" for the detection of moving targets;

Employing processing of radar signals and using any of the following:

"Radar spread spectrum" techniques; or

"Radar frequency agility" techniques;

Providing ground-based operation with a maximum ‘instrumented range’ exceeding 185 km;

Being "laser" radar or Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) equipment and having any of the following:

"Space-qualified";

Employing coherent heterodyne or homodyne detection techniques and having an angular resolution of less (better) than 20 μrad (microradians); or

Designed for carrying out airborne bathymetric littoral surveys to International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Order 1a Standard (5^th Edition February 2008) for Hydrographic Surveys or better, and using one or more "lasers" with a wavelength exceeding 400 nm but not exceeding 600 nm;

Having "signal processing" sub-systems using "pulse compression" and having any of the following:

A "pulse compression" ratio exceeding 150; or

A compressed pulse width of less than 200 ns; or

Having data processing sub-systems and having any of the following:

‘Automatic target tracking’ providing, at any antenna rotation, the predicted target position beyond the time of the next antenna beam passage; or

Not used;

Not used;

Configured to provide superposition and correlation, or fusion, of target data within six seconds from two or more ‘geographically dispersed’ radar sensors to improve the aggregate performance beyond that of any single sensor specified in 6A008.f. or 6A008.i.