airborne moving-target indication radar

radar technology
Also known as: AMTI radar

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classification of radar

  • principle of radar operation
    In radar: Postwar progress

    Airborne MTI radar for aircraft detection was developed for the U.S. Navy’s Grumman E-2 airborne-early-warning (AEW) aircraft at this time. Many of the attributes of HF over-the-horizon radar were demonstrated during the 1960s, as were the first radars designed for detecting ballistic missiles and satellites.

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