Overview of Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) and Identification Friend/Foe (IFF) Systems – Part I – Virtual Lecture – CEU/PDH Available

The lecture is composed of two one-hour parts.

In Part I a general overview of SSR/IFF is presented which includes a review of terms and definitions. From there, a historical timeline of SSR/IFF is summarized beginning with early implementations and ending with modern day systems. Then system architectures are reviewed starting with block diagrams and the challenges of scanning airspace. System-level features discussed include sidelobe suppression, antenna dwell time, azimuth determination and RF link budgets. In addition, the trade-offs between 2-channel and 3-channel systems are reviewed.

Speaker(s): Frank Messina,

Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/274233