High FreqUency oveR The Horizon sensors’ cognitivE netwoRk.
The iFURTHER project aims to address wide area air and sea covert surveillance, by developing new concepts of Over-The- Horizon radar to be integrated into a collaborative network of high-frequency sensors. This project will therefore focus on a cognitive network of high-frequency radars as a disruptive future defence capability to protect the EU. The main objectives of this project are:
- Detect and track air and sea targets at long range (over the horizon), far beyond currently existing systems, by using the reflections of skywave and surface-wave propagated signals
- Fill gaps and extend the current EU air and sea radar coverage by introducing a multistatic sensor configuration supported by ad-hoc network protocols and an appropriate infrastructure for synchronization and coordination of sensors (e.g., C2)
- Implement cognitive radar management systems to optimise operational parameters in real time and as a function of environmental conditions (e.g., the state of the ionosphere), based on robust ionospheric models and sounding protocols (not excluding the development of ionospheric sensors)
- Implement advanced signal processing techniques to improve over-the-horizon detection and track performance as well as target localisation capabilities
- Utilize available non cooperative illumination and apply cognitive features at network level to develop new techniques for optimized use of the electromagnetic spectrum and passive processing.
Partners: Hellenic Aerospace Industry SA, Office National D’etudes Et De Recherches Aerospatiales, Ethniko Asteroskopeio Athinon, Imatik – Efarmoges Ypsilis Texnologias Etaireia Periorismenis Efthinis, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Politechnika Warszawska, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V., Helzel Messtechnik GmbH, Technisch-Mathematische Studiengesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung, Indra Sistemas SA, Universidad De Alcala, SignalGenerix Limited, Patria Aviation Oy, Era AS, Ministry Of National Defence, Greece, L – up SAS.
Short explainer animation describing the iFURTHER project:
