Cooperative Coordinated Coherent Drone Distributed Radar

PI: Daniel Sjöberg, PI (LU); Mats I. Petterson, co-PI (BTH); Andreas Jakobsson, co-PI (LU)

We develop a distributed radar system suitable for deployment on a drone swarm, and derive suitable algorithms to leverage the added value of being able to freely choose the positions of the antenna nodes. One low-frequency and one high-frequency system are identified, both of which can be implemented using commercial-off-the-shelf products. The combination of the two systems provides detection, positioning, tracking, and imaging at both long and short range in situations with low visibility, enabling search-and-rescue missions in disaster areas and further applications.

Project number: E4