The Jindalee over-the-horizon radar: its past, present and future
The IEEE Queensland Section and its Aerospace and Electronic Systems Chapter, in conjunction with the 2018 International Conference on Radar (Radar '18), are proud to present a public lecture by two leading authorities on the Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN). Don Sinnott will present the main part of the seminar, tracing the development of Australian radar technology from World War 2 through to the establishment of JORN in 2003. Gordon Frazer will then take up the story to outline its recent history, current status and its exciting future under the recently announced $1.2bn JORN Phase 6 upgrade.
This lecture is part of the technical program of Radar '18 but is open to the public for free. Please register your attendance to ensure your place (Radar '18 delegates are automatically registered).
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- Date: 27 Aug 2018
- Time: 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM
- All times are (GMT+10:00) Australia/Queensland
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- Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
- cnr Merivale and Glenelg Sts.
- South Bank, Queensland
- Australia 4101
- Room Number: Boulevard Auditorium
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- Co-sponsored by IEEE Queensland Section & 2018 International Conference on Radar
- Starts 27 July 2018 12:00 AM
- Ends 27 August 2018 06:00 PM
- All times are (GMT+10:00) Australia/Queensland
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Speakers
Don Sinnott of The University of Adelaide
Radar development in Australia: from World War II to the Jindalee HF over-the-horizon radar demonstrator
In early 1939 the British government briefed Commonwealth nations, including Australia, on its highly secret development of ‘radio direction finding’, RDF, subsequently termed radar. This knowledge allowed Australia to design and construct its own line of robust radars that were deployed in the Pacific theatre during World War II. Post-war, experiments with line of sight HF radar during Anglo-Australian ballistic missile trials led to a staged development program that delivered a HF over-the-horizon radar system demonstrator, Jindalee, for wide-area coverage of Australia’s air approaches. The passion of one man, John Strath, was pivotal in driving Jindalee through the 1980s and his work warrants wider appreciation.
This presentation will outline the story of radar developments in Australia’s government defence research agencies that led to the subsequent implementation of the full military capability Jindalee Operational Radar Network, JORN. JORN’s technologies are built on the those proven in the Jindalee demonstrator project and elements are described in the follow-on presentation by Dr Gordon Frazer.
Biography:
Dr Don Sinnott was Chief of a number of Australia’s Defence Science and Technology (DSTO) research Divisions in sensing and IT disciplines (1987-2000), the Department of Defence’s Canberra-based First Assistant Secretary Science Policy (1995-1997), CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre for Sensor Signal and Information Processing and Company Board Chairman of the CRC’s spin-off companies (2000-2003). He is currently a Board member for the CRC on Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), an Adjunct Professor with Adelaide University and author of two books of biography.
Don’s areas of professional research and development experience have been in applied electromagnetics, including radio and radar systems, antennas and radio propagation, signal processing and global navigation satellite systems (GPS and related systems). He played a major role in development of Australia’s Jindalee over-the-horizon radar system. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia, recipient of its M A Sargent Medal (2014) and a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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Address:School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 5005
Gordon Frazer of Defence Science & Technology Group
So what happened next? The Australian OTHR scene since 2003
Biography:
Gordon J. Frazer (FIEEE) received the B.E. (Elect.) (Hons.) degree from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, in 1982; the M.Eng.Sc degree from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, in 1990; and the PhD degree from Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, in 1996. He is presently the Research Leader for High-Frequency Radar in the National Security and Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Division of the Defence Science and Technology Group.
As Research Leader, Dr Frazer is responsible for Defence Science and Technology Group's high-frequency (HF) radar program. That includes research and development for the Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) including operational support, evolution, and significant enhancements; next generation over-the-horizon radar (OTHR); ISR applications of HF radar; missile defence applications of HF radar; and HF line-of-sight and surface-wave radar. His research interests are radar system and component design; signal and array processing; and experimentation, test and evaluation; and focus toward the development and transition to service of next generation over-the-horizon radar. Dr Frazer has over 100 publications in the open literature.
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Address:NSI Division, DST Group, Edinburgh, South Australia, Australia, 5111
Agenda
7pm: "Radar development in Australia: from World War II to the Jindalee HF over-the-horizon radar demonstrator" by Don Sinnott
7.40pm: "So what happened next? The Australian OTHR scene since 2003" by Gordon Frazer
7.50pm: Question and answer
8pm: Lecture concludes