Mumma Radar Lab
Distributed Sensing and Multistatic Radar
The University of Dayton Mumma Radar Laboratory, a center of excellence in radar research, supports government agencies, industries and small businesses.
Capabilities
- Distributed tomographic chamber for radar imaging, signature exploitation, RCS and antenna measurements
- X-Band radar testbeds; MIMO radar, 2.5GHz bandwidth; DRFM-based radar, adaptive waveform generation
- Ku-Band airborne SAR system (IMSAR NANOSAR), airborne data collections capability
- Advanced test instrumentation, 8-port network analyzer, arbitrary waveform generators, vector signal generators and analyzers, channel emulators, 20GHz oscillator, DRFMs, high-performance computers
- Outdoor testbed based on modified maritime radar to allow coherent signal processing
- W-band components, calibration targets, soldering stations, RF microwave components, X-band to assemble RF chain prototype quickly
- Specialized software, Keysight ADS, Keysight EMPro, Keysight Genesys, Keysight SystemVue, FEKO, AWR Microwave Office, MATLAB, Xilinx Vivado, Adobe Inventor