Zulkifli, SafiahBalleri, Alessio2021-04-202021-04-202020-12-04Zulkifli S, Balleri A. (2020) Design and development of K-Band FMCW radar for nano-drone detection. In: 2020 IEEE Radar Conference, 21-25 September 2020, Florence, Italy978-1-7281-8943-72375-5318https://doi.org/10.1109/RadarConf2043947.2020.9266538http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/16595Nano-drones, are insect-like size drones with a capability of intrusion to provide intelligence and potentially violate secure establishments and public privacy rights. Nano-drones are already an existing technology which is becoming more and more available, portable, affordable and easily operated. As such, they may soon become a plausible defence and security threat. This paper presents the design and development of a K-Band FMCW radar prototype for nano-drone detection. The FMCW radar prototype consists of connectorised components operating at a carrier frequency of 24 GHz and offer high parameter selection flexibility. Experiments have been carried out in order to evaluate the system performance. Results show that a small Arcade PICO Drone Nano Quadcopter (smaller than 5 cm) could be detected, and that its micro-Doppler signature could be extracted from data.enAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Home-Brew RadarMicro-Doppler ExtractionMicro-UAVNano-DronesK-Band FMCW PrototypeConference paper