The factors which affect the target-handling capacity of an agile-beam electronically scanned multitarget-tracking radar are reviewed and analyzed. Consideration is given to the choice of strategy for dwell allocation among targets, the choice of trajectory extrapolation algorithms for target tracking, and the determination of saturation target acquisition rates. Emphasis is placed upon radar systems with control computers having limited speed and memory, .and recommendations are made for allocation strategy and targettracking algorithms, based on uniform sampling, to be used in maximizing the target-handling capacity in this situation.Manuscript received February 21, 1971.
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