Sea wave clutter filter boosts e-scan radar’s capabilities
ProductNovember 16, 2014
New features added to Blighter’s electronic-scanning (e-scan) radar now enable the radar to protect complex coastlines from intruders such as smugglers, pirates, illegal entrants, and terrorists who may be using jet skis, kayaks, or rigid inflatable boats. The Blighter radar is now a...
New features added to Blighter’s electronic-scanning (e-scan) radar now enable the radar to protect complex coastlines from intruders such as smugglers, pirates, illegal entrants, and terrorists who may be using jet skis, kayaks, or rigid inflatable boats. The Blighter radar is now able to detect and locate, at ranges of as far as 10 km away, such small and slow-moving targets day or night and in almost all weather conditions, whether rough seas, heavy rain, or dense fog. Blighter’s low-power, solid-state, zero-maintenance passive electronically scanned array (PESA) radar with Doppler signal-processing filters out sea wave clutter returns in both velocity and amplitude to detect very small and slow-moving targets that traditional vessel-traffic systems and maritime radar are not designed to pick up. The enhanced radar is small – about the size of a large briefcase – and low power, transmitting 4 W of power and consuming 100 W during operation. The radar’s low data-bandwidth requirement also enables remote operation over narrowband wireless links or satellite communication systems. The Blighter radar integrates with a range of electro-optic camera systems and other situational-awareness sensors, all controlled through the BlighterView HMI command and control software platform.
Blighter radar systems are used at multiple international airports, for force protection by the British army, and in many other asset-protection and border-security applications, including monitoring of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, a 250-km buffer zone that separates North and South Korea.
