Abtract

ECE Department

Mithril: Distributed Radar Defense

Description

As the landscape of modern warfare progresses, some countries are left behind in terms of defense capabilities leading to destroyed cities and lost lives. In an effort to bridge the gap between cutting edge defense technology and basic modern protection, Mithril is a defense detection platform that consists of a distributed network of radar nodes to achieve a wide area of coverage at a low cost. Using low-cost computing hardware like Raspberry Pi and STM32 microprocessors as well as a custom-made printed circuit board (PCB) of Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) phased array radar, Mithril can determine the distance, angle, and velocity of an object as well as communicate this information to surrounding nodes using the Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol. Several of these nodes can be placed in dense urban areas to communicate positional data with each other to actively detect moving objects, providing important defense and intel capabilities in the evolving landscape of electronic and aerial drone warfare.

Members

Ajay Thakkar, Tomas Esson, Juan Jimenez

Advisors

Dr. Darien Muresan, Dr. Robert Pastore