| Airborne Maritime Surveillance Radar: Volume 2, Post-war British ASV Radars 1946-2000 Contributor(s): Watts, Simon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1643270737 ISBN-13: 9781643270739 Publisher: Iop Concise Physics OUR PRICE: $66.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Applied Sciences - Technology & Engineering | Materials Science - Electronic Materials - Science | Physics - General |
| Series: Iop Concise Physics |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 7" W x 10" (1.00 lbs) 133 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Today, air-to-surface vessel (ASV) radars, or more generally maritime surveillance radars, are installed on maritime reconnaissance aircraft for long-range detection, tracking and classification of surface ships (ASuW - Air to Surface Warfare) and for hunting submarines (ASW - anti-submarine warfare). Such radars were first developed in the UK during WWII as part of the response to the threat to shipping from German U-Boats. This book describes the ASV radars developed in the UK after WWII (1946-2000) and used by the RAF for long-range maritime surveillance. |
Contributor Bio(s): Watts, Simon: - Simon Watts graduated from the University of Oxford in 1971, obtained an MSc and DSc from the University of Birmingham in 1972 and 2013, respectively, and a PhD from the CNAA in 1987. He was deputy Scientific Director and Technical Fellow in Thales UK until 2013 and is a Visiting Professor in the department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University College London. He joined Thales (then EMI Electronics) in 1967 and worked on a wide range of radar and EW projects, with a particular research interest in maritime radar and sea clutter. He is author and co-author of over 80 journal and conference papers, a book on sea clutter and several patents. He was appointed MBE in 1996 for services to the UK defence industry and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the IET, Fellow of the IMA and Fellow of the IEEE. |