ELDES S.r.l. software

The RCP-10 uses a COTS industrial PC, equipped with special add-on hardware and dedicated software running under the Linux operating system. The RCP-10 computer contains two hard discs connected in a RAID mirroring mode, and has redundant hot-swap power supplies for outstanding reliability. The RCP-10 receives azimuth/elevation data from the antenna control unit through dedicated parallel or serial I/O ports, and exchanges commands and status with the various radar sub-systems. The RCP-10 controls the radar signal processor and receives the moment data through the Ethernet LAN.

Since it is not possible in an Electronic Warfare Evaluation Test Range to assess the System Under Test (SUT) effects on real enemy radars, the only way to test the SUT is to use a `programmable radar simulator` capable to emulate them. This is done by the E-PRS using a real radar digital receiver, waveform generator and programmable signal and data processor. This method, unlike the SW simulation approach, takes in proper account the response and limitations of a real HW processing including non-linearity, distortion, saturation, etc.. This approach is commonly defined as `Hardware in The Loop` (HWIL) simulation system. Moreover with this method it is possible to `play-back` the same simulation and analyze the data collected for making deep analysis on the jammer effectiveness or for training purposes.