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The Birth of Airborne Radar in Britain

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  • Duration: 1 hr 28 mins
  • Publication date: 27 Mar 2026
  • Part of series IET Friday Lunchtime Lectures

Abstract

The Birth of Airborne Radar in Britain

Keywords:
  • Radar
  • Sonar
  • Aerospace
  • RDF2
  • AI Mk. I
  • ASV Mk. I
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  • Professor Simon Watts

    Professor Simon Watts

    University College London, Former Deputy Scientific Director and Technical Fellow - Visiting Professor

    Simon Watts was a deputy Scientific Director and Technical Fellow in Thales UK until 2013 and is a Visiting Professor in the department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University College London. He spent much of his career in research into airborne radar systems and has published two textbooks on radar sea clutter and two books on the history of airborne maritime surveillance radar.

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