Design of an Instrumentation Ku-Band SAR System

This project focused on developing a new instrumentation-grade SAR with better performance than the existing SAR and not subject to the small form factor constraints of the existing SAR for use by Group 105 at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. The new SAR system was thoroughly tested in the laboratory space to verify the design and then field tested on top of the MIT Lincoln Labs parking garage. The data collected from the laboratory tests and field tests were compared to the existing radar system and the new radar system was shown to meet or exceed all of the performance objectives of the project