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Welcome to University Defence Research Centre

Signal Processing is fundamental to the capacity of all modern sensor/weapon systems. The University Defence Research Centre (UDRC) is concerned with fundamental research in Signal Processing with emphasis given to areas that play a substantial role in improving the performance of defence systems. 

The main mission of UDRC is to maintain the global leading position of UK in defence related signal processing research and applications. In order to achieve this, UDRC is aiming to promote fundamental research in signal processing and related areas, particularly with application to defence related industry. At the same time UDRC aims to provide a forum to invite and engage signal processing researchers from academia, industry and government to tackle open but significant challenges in the field. 

Currently there are 30 research projects running in the centre. From these, 17 come from the EPSRC-DSTL Open Call, 6 from the Core Research at Imperial College and 7 are DSTL Internal research project. More specifically the following projects are part of the MOD-UDRC.

Research Themes

The research projects in UDRC have been grouped in the following 4 technical Themes.
 

  • Classification and Multimodal Processing
  • Supper resolution Source Separation
  • Distributed Signal Processing
  • Non Conventional Signals

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Research Challenges

The main research focus and challenges of the UDRC are:

 

  • Array Signal Processing
  • Radar, Sonar and Audio Signal Processing
  • Signal Processing for Security
  • Multimodal Signal Processing
  • Sensor Fusion
  • Image and Video Classification
  • Distributed Signal Processing for Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Signal Processing for Communications

Research Spotlight

[IND3] Dynamic Calibration for Distributed Array Deployments
Distributed coherent arrays for Electronic Support have the potential to enhance signal localisation and add spatial filtering and cancellation capabilities but are limited because they need advanced techniques to accurately calibrate the location and the local oscillator phases of sensors.   This collaboration combines the results of Imperial College’s UDRC-funded work (C1/C6) on auto-calibration and flexible array signal processing with Roke’s phased array and CESM capabilities.  The project evaluates, through analysis and simulation of a number of practical scenarios...