A SURVEY of IFF SYSTEMS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Assoc. Prof. Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt.

Abstract

ABSTRACT
Since Second World War, different military standard modes of Secondary
Surveillance Radar (SSR) were developed, namely, Mark X, Mark X IFF Selective
Identification Features (SIF), Mode S, and Mark XII. All these modes of operations
have different interrogation and reply signals format. This paper review SSR modes
of operation. In the mean time, Mark XII is highlighted. An encryption technique
based on the use of chaotic map is proposed.

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