RadBase Radar Cross Section Simulation and Analysis Software

RadBase (Radar Cross Section Simulation and Analysis)

RadBase is a fully validated, user-friendly commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software system for generating accurate Radar Cross Section (RCS) and Amplitude and Phase data for both complex targets and cultural features. RadBase is a Java-based application, allowing it to run seamlessly on Windows 95®/98®/ NT® and Unix® platforms. The analysis and modeling-and-simulation communities are using RadBase for a variety of applications including:

Radar simulations
Target signature analysis
Radar system analysis
Radar performance
Radar design
SAR simulation
Human factors studies
Radar operator training
Radar database generation

Surface Optics Corporation's (SOC) radar engineering group, in cooperation with Analytical Graphics Inc., redesigned RadBase to work in concert with STK/Radar. RadBase now reads an STK(r) .mdl file directly and a new custom STK panel was added. The output of RadBase is a RCS file that plugs directly into STK/Radar. The user can also develop RCS databases that plug directly into MultiGen-Paradigm, Inc.'s, RadarWorks(tm) product.

RadBase's "Custom" option allows users to develop tailor made radar databases whose output format is fully documented in the User's Guide. The output data can then be post processed or read into any radar product on the market.

Customize Your RadBase Settings

Highlights

Output plugs directly into other COTS products
STK/Radar
RadarWorks
Generates monostatic or bistatic RCS data
Models complex physical phenomena
Blocking
Multiple Bounces
Edge Effects
Polarization
Traveling & Creeping Waves
Dielectrics
Commercially Available
Exportable
Fully Validated
Validated against range measurements of ground and air vehicles
Validated against Xpatch

Radar RCS

View the RadBase Data Sheet

Key Features

Accuracy and speed on a PC or Workstation. A Java-based application, RadBase is unique in that it is the only fully validated radar database generation software package that runs on multiple platforms. Its revolutionary algorithms make RadBase faster than any other radar scattering software package available.

Supports many 3-D model formats. RadBase supports many 3-D model formats used in the radar community. These include STK (mdl), OpenFlight(tm), Object(obj) and Demaco (Xpatch) formats. Future versions of RadBase will support other standard formats as well.

Radar Plotter

User-Friendly Inputs. RadBase does not require the user be a radar expert. Its inputs are very intuitive and all parameters are entered through the user-friendly GUI. Inputs include frequency (.2-100 GHz), incident angles, azimuth angles, number of bounces, blocking options, facet material information, edge diffraction options and output format.

SAR image generation. The Amplitude & Phase data from RadBase can be used in post processing routines to generate high-resolution SAR imagery of the object.

Flexibility. RadBase gives users the ability to run an application and produce databases on the scores of inexpensive PC desktop and notebook computers typically found in government and commercial facilities. You no longer need to dedicate your high-end SGI for weeks or months at a time to obtain RCS databases. This task can now be completed in about one-tenth the time. This is especially critical for planning and rehearsing military training operations in simulators for upcoming missions. The data produced is ideally suited for both commercial and military applications.

Export Control

"This item is export controlled and is governed by the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The receipt of this software creates regulatory obligations for you if you are exporting these items directly or indirectly out of the United States."

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