Griffin, BenjaminBalleri, AlessioBaker, Chris J.Jahangir, MohammedHarman, Stephen2022-07-062022-07-062022-06-02Griffin B, Balleri A, Baker C, et al., (2022) Development of a passive dual channel receiver at L-band for the detection of drones. In: 18th European Radar Conference (EuRAD) 2021, 5-7 April 2022, London UK978-1-6654-4723-2https://doi.org/10.23919/EuRAD50154.2022.9784465https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/18117Staring radars use a transmitting static wide-beam antenna and a directive digital array to form multiple simultaneous beams on receive. Because beams are fixed, the radar can employ long integration times to detect slow low-RCS targets, such as drones, which present a challenge to traditional air surveillance radar. The use of multiple spatially separated receivers cooperating with the staring transmitters in a multistatic network allows multi-perspective target acquisitions that can help mitigate interference and ultimately enhance the detection of drones and reduce estimation errors. Here, the development and experimental results of a passive, dual-channel, L-band receiver are presented. The receiver has been used to take measurements of both moving vehicles of drones in flight using a bistatic staring transmitter. An analysis of the receiver is presented using GPS is used to quantify the estimation performance of the receiver.enAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Passive RadarMultistatic NetworksDronesConference paper978-2-87487-065-1