Advanced X-band Surveillance RADAR for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Written by: Radhika R

Underwater vehicles, particularly Unmanned Underwater Vehicles(UUVs) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), play a vital role in safeguarding high-value naval assets like aircraft carriers, submar

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Design and Development of Mission Computer Simulator

Written by: Radhika R

A Mission Computer (MC) supports the diverse needs of a multi-role combat aircraft, constantly adapting to provide pilots with the highest level of situational awareness. Being an airborne platform, p

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Automated Test Equipment (ATE) for Testing RADAR Transmit Receive Modules

Written by: Rajesh Singh

Introduction - Automated Test Equipment Automated Test Equipment (ATE) is a computer-based system that uses test and measurement instruments to perform and evaluate the results related to functionali

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DAL-A Certifiable Auto Pilot and Mission Computer LRU for Airborne Applications

Written by: Jithu Jose

The Aerospace and Defense industry is experiencing rapid growth in the use of airborne platforms for combat and ISTAR missions. This has led to a rising demand for efficient, SWaP-optimized DO-178C sa

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Human Machine Interface for High-end Optronic Systems in Naval Platforms

Written by: Jithu Jose

Optronic System is a combination of optical and electronics image capturing and processing technologies deployed on defence applications such as Naval ships, submarines, aircrafts, drones, and combat

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Cloud Radar Receiver and Up-Converter System

Written by: Jithu Jose

Overview Millimeter wave cloud radars are radar systems designed to monitor and analyse cloud properties and read the precipitation level. They operate in frequencies between 24 and 110GHz (Ka and

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RF Card for Data Acquisition

Written by: Anirban Banerjee

Introduction The RF Acquisition Card is an RF front-end for the RADAR Receiver system which receives RF signals from different RADAR systems & passes them to the RF Data Acquisition Unit for D

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RF Data Acquisition Card for Direct Sampling of L-band to X-band Signals

Written by: Jithu Jose

Overview: RF Data Acquisition Cards are gaining immense popularity as they are replacing the conventional RF superheterodyne receiver architecture with Direct Sampling Architecture. These boards ca

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Programmable Signal Processing Unit – System Development and Integration

Written by: Jithu Jose

Introduction Recent trends show Indian Defense labs moving from sourcing diverse components from multiple vendors to acquiring complete, integrated solutions from a single vendor paving the way fo

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Signal and Data Processing Rack

Written by: Jithu Jose

Introduction The Signal and Data Processing (SDP) Rack is one of the sub-systems in the radar network which provides resources for radar signal processing, data capturing and data recording with ot

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VUHF Wideband and Microwave Receiver

Written by: Jithu Jose

Introduction The V/UHF Wideband and Microwave Receiver is a signal interception, analysis and monitoring receiver subsystem typically used in COMINT (Communication Intelligence) applications. The r

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Coastal Surveillance System Control Unit

Written by: Jithu Jose

Introduction Coastal Surveillance systems must provide a means of detecting unknown vessels, allowing them to be identified and monitored, as well as providing 'Command and Control' to permit direc

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Design and Development of Power Supply Module for a Miniaturized Military Equipment

Written by: Jithu Jose

Introduction The Power supply modules are primarily designed for advanced information and communications equipment, such as radio base stations and switches/routers, and are also used in a wide ran

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Digital Receiver System for Multi Object Tracking Radar

Written by: Jithu Jose

Introduction The MOTR is a sophisticated Monopulse Pulse Doppler RADAR used for tracking satellite launch vehicles and space debris. This RADAR uses modern processing techniques to extract target r

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Digital Signal Processing Line Replacement Unit

Written by: Jithu Jose

Introduction The Digital Signal Processing Line Replacement Unit (DLRU) is one of the sub-systems in an Aerostat, which provides resources for radar signal processing, data capturing, data recordin

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Multi-channel Data Acquisition and Processing System

Written by: Jithu Jose

Introduction This case study is a showcase of Mistral’s capability in the design, system integration and deployment of a network-based high-performance multi-channel Data Acquisition & Proces

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Radar Controller and Processing Unit (RCPU)

Written by: Jithu Jose

Introduction The Radar Controller and Processing Unit (RCPU) is a radar sub-system providing resources for Radar Signal Processing, Radar Data Processing, Radar Controller Functions and Radar Data

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Design and Development of High-Definition, Rugged Digital Video Recorder

Written by: Jithu Jose

Introduction Digital Video recorders are employed in several demanding defense and homeland security applications like Airborne Video recorder systems, Real time Data acquisition systems, Telemetry

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Design and Implementation of an Unmanned Autonomous Navigation System

Written by: Jithu Jose

An Unmanned Autonomous Navigation System or an Autonomous Navigation Vehicle Design can be used for surveillance and real-time situational awareness in areas where it might be inconvenient, hostile or

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RADAR Computer Unit (RCU)

Written by: Jithu Jose

Introduction In the recent times, RADAR signal processing has become one of the most demanding embedded computing applications in aerospace and defense systems. A high density of sensor signals rec

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