Anderson, Brady (Brigham Young University), Ellingson, Jaron (Brigham Young University), Eyler, Michael (Brigham Young University), Buck, David (Brigham Young University), Peterson, Cameron (Brigham Young University), McLain, Timothy W. (Brigham Young University), Warnick, Karl (Brigham Young University)

Networked Radar Systems for Cooperative Tracking of UAVs

Scheduled for presentation during the Regular Session "Sensor Fusion I" (ThB3), Thursday, June 13, 2019, 14:50−15:10, Heritage A

2020 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), June 11-14, 2019, Athens, Greece

This information is tentative and subject to change. Compiled on April 26, 2024

Abstract

To enable expanded and safer access for unmanned aerial vehicles in the National Airspace System, a reliable system to detect and track them needs to be established. This paper combines two radar systems into a single network to provide tracking of UAVs across a wide area. Each radar detects the UAV’s path and those detections are combined into tracks using a recursive random sample consensus algorithm. Outdoor flight experiments show the ability of the system to track a UAV across two different radar fields of view.