Welling, TobiasTobiasWellingStarke, DavidDavidStarkeBredendiek, ChristianChristianBredendiekPalazzi, ValentinaValentinaPalazziBraun, Tobias T.Tobias T.BraunPohl, NilsNilsPohl2026-02-102026-02-102025-06-15https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/50597110.1109/IMS40360.2025.11104037This paper adresses the need for drones and UAVs to sense their environment for autonomous operation. Therefore, it presents a scalable 120 GHz 8 × 8 MIMO radar system with 10 GHz bandwidth. It utilizes a specialized SiGe chipset connected to PCB patch antennas based on RT/duroid 5880 substrate. In measurements, the system demonstrates a vertical, as well as horizontal FOV over 90° and a detection range beyond 80 m in SISO measurements. Thus, an UAV equipped with four MIMO systems can fully capture its environment in a very large radius to enable autonomous navigation in 3-D space.enD-BandFMCWMIMOMMICRadarUAVTerahertzTHzconference paper