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RADAR, EO/IR, NIGHT VISION AND SURVEILLANCE UPDATE

July 27, 2018 by

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30 Jul 18. Japan picks $1.2bn Lockheed radar for Aegis Ashore batteries.Japan said on Monday it had picked Lockheed Martin Corp to build a powerful new $1.2bn (915m pounds) radar for two ground-based Aegis ballistic missile defence stations meant to guard against North Korean missile strikes. Japan’s Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera attends a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis after their meeting at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, Japan, June 29, 2018. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool via Reuters

“By using this new radar we will increase our ability to cope with missiles on lofted trajectories raising the level of ballistic missile defence,” Japanese Minister of Defence Itsunori Onodera told reporters.

The decision is the latest sign that Japan is forging ahead with plans to reinforce its defences despite a North Korean pledge to denuclearise. The purchase could also help Tokyo ease trade friction with Washington as its key ally threatens to impose tariffs on Japanese auto imports. The two radars will cost around 130bn yen ($1.17bn) each, with maintenance and other operational costs putting the estimated budget at the two sites over 30 years at 466bn yen, according to a Ministry of Defence news release.

Other outlays, including for missile launchers, interceptors, buildings and defences for the two sites, will add to the final tally. The radar decision means Aegis Ashore can be added to a defence budget proposal slated for release next month ahead of any meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump in September, when Abe is expected to attend the United Nations in New York. Trump has cranked up pressure on Tokyo with tariffs on steel and threats of levies on car imports, although during a visit to Tokyo in November he welcomed Japan’s procurement of Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters and urged Japan to buy more U.S. weapons and “billions and billions of dollars of additional products of all kinds”. The Aegis Ashore radar choice was between Raytheon Co’s Spy-6 radar, designed to upgrade the U.S. Navy’s fleet of Aegis warships, and a version of Lockheed Martin Corp’s Long Range Discrimination Radar, which will be deployed in the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense anti-ballistic missile system in Alaska around 2020. Both radars have far greater ranges than current Aegis radars operated by Japan or the U.S. Japan needs more powerful detection in order for its new longer-range interceptor missiles to provide more effective defence against North Korean launches and any potential threat from China. (Source: Reuters)

26 Jul 18. France’s DGA orders CompM5 sights. Heckler and Koch, together with its partner Aimpoint, has received a contract to supply red dot sights for the new HK416 F French assault rifle, the company announced on 19 July. The contract, awarded by the French Defence Procurement Agency, includes the supply of up to 120,000 CompM5 sights over a period of six years. CompM5 is a compact, lightweight and rugged sight equipped with an AAA battery. Its optical design allows the red dot to follow the movement of the user’s eye while remaining fixed on target, eliminating any need for centering. The CompM5 is fully submersible up to 45m and is compatible with all generations of night vision devices. A military grade optical lens system gives the CompM5 better light transmission and dot clarity, making the sight operationally parallax free and providing a crisp, clear dot even under magnification. (Source: Shephard)

26 Jul 18. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has delivered the first AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) that incorporates advanced high power and high efficiency gallium nitride (GaN) antenna technology, further improving the system’s operational capabilities. This system was delivered ahead of schedule and is the seventh G/ATOR system delivered in the low rate initial production (LRIP) phase of the program. GaN technology provides cost savings and multiple performance benefits including enhanced system sensitivity and increased reliability. All subsequent G/ATOR LRIP and full rate production systems will now incorporate this advanced GaN technology. Delivery of the first GaN G/ATOR system follows the delivery of six LRIP systems to the Marines that began in early 2017. Utilizing two of those six systems, the Marine Corps achieved G/ATOR Initial Operational Capability (IOC) of the air surveillance mission in February of this year. The remaining four systems will establish IOC for the counter-battery mission later this year. As a result, G/ATOR systems, trained Marines and associated logistics support are now in operational service with Marines.

“The Marine Corps are the first to take delivery of a production ground based multi mission AESA radar that incorporates this advanced GaN technology,” said Roshan Roeder, vice president, land & avionics C4ISR division, Northrop Grumman. “The incorporation of this advanced technology in production radars is unique to the Marine Corps and enables G/ATOR to provide additional mission capability to the warfighter at an affordable cost.”

Both the Marine Corps and Northrop Grumman continue to make detailed preparations to successfully execute the full rate production program, which is scheduled to begin in early 2019. Additionally, given the AN/TPS-80’s open architecture design, Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract through the Office of Secretary of Defense Strategic Capabilities Office in 2016 to support the addition of a fire control mission.

The AN/TPS-80 G/ATOR is an advanced Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) multi-mission radar that provides comprehensive real time, 360 degree situational awareness against a broad array of threats including fixed wing aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles, unmanned autonomous systems (UAS), and rockets, artillery and mortar. It is rapidly deployable worldwide to meet United State Marine Corps needs and includes the latest cyber and digital beam forming technology that enables the radar to perform multi-mission tasks at significantly lower operation and maintenance costs compared to existing USMC radar systems.

26 Jul 18. Czech army to procure additional Vera NG radars. The General Staff of the Army of the Czech Republic (ACR) has announced plans to procure two additional Vera-NG (Next Generation) mobile passive radar systems to support NATO overseas missions. “Our goal is to replace obsolete Vera mobile passive radar systems with two new, highly modular and mobile systems in order to raise the [bar of the ACR’s] technological capabilities and abilities to wage electronic warfare,” ACR General Staff spokesperson Major Vlastimila Cyprisová informed media on 17 July. The ACR has expressed interest in the indigenously produced Vera-NG, but no firm procurement date has been given. ACR sources say the service is looking to procure the latest version of the Vera-NG made by Czech radar maker ERA, which offers an even higher degree of mobility and is more easily transportable by NATO aircraft, and capable of being discreetly deployed in a front-line scenario. (Source: IHS Jane’s)

25 Jul 18. JSTARS recap is officially dead. The Air Force scored a major win in the 2019 defense authorization bill: Not only will it be able to cancel the JSTARS recap program, it is getting additional funds for its alternative effort called Advanced Battle Management System. However, the service will have to make some concessions in terms of its plans to retire the existing E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System fleet, which is used for ground surveillance and command and control missions. The Air Force had planned to retire three E-8Cs in 2019 that had become “hangar queens” cannibalized for spare parts for the rest of the fleet, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said earlier this year. However, according to the new defense policy bill unveiled Monday, it will not be able to retire any of the 17 planes until “increment 2” of the ABMS system is declared operational, although Congress will allow the Air Force secretary to phase out planes on a case-by-case basis if an aircraft is no longer mission capable. While the Air Force has not spelled out to the public exactly what comprises its ABMS plan, it involves a host of different upgrades for existing platforms —for instance the MQ-9 Reaper and E-3 AWACS early warning aircraft — that will allow them to network together in new ways. A congressional aide told Defense News on July 24 that the Air Force have three ABMS increments in a series of classified briefings to members of Congress’ defense committees.

Phase one, which lasts from now until about 2023, involves upgrades to datalinks and some space-based technologies, as well as linking sensors from several stealth platforms and drones together, the aide said. Increments 2 and 3 quickly get into more classified territory, said the aide, who declined to provide greater specifics. The defense authorization bill would accelerate ABMS by adding $120m for six MQ-9 Reapers, which the aide said could be used to help boost the architecture’s ability to prosecute targets during a low-end conflict. It also included $30m to continue development of the ground moving target indicator radar developed by Northrop Grumman for the JSTARS recap program. In addition, Congress levied a number of other restrictions and reporting requirements on the Air Force as part of the FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act, including:

  • The Air Force’s plan for modernizing and sustaining the current JSTARS fleet, including how it will increase the availability of the E-8Cs to support demands worldwide.
  • Quarterly reports from the Air Force secretary on the progress of ABMS.
  • Certification by the defense secretary that the Air Force has a long term funding plan that will allow it to retain JSTARS and that the ABMS acquisition strategy is executable.
  • A report on ABMS from the Government Accountability Office, which provides independent oversight to Congress. The report will review the maturity of the plan and any risk associated with fielding or funding it.
  • A directive to the Pentagon’s Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office to reexamine the cost and schedule for restarting a re-engine effort of the E-8C, which had begun in 2008 but was since abandoned. The Air Force “procured three ship-sets of engines, after investing $450.0 m, and the engines remain unused,” even though “the legacy E-8C engines are the number one issue driving excessive non-mission capable maintenance metrics for the E-8C fleet,” the bill stated.

The end of the JSTARS recap program is bad news for Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Northrop Grumman, who were each vying for the prime contractor spot and the $6.9bn contract for engineering, manufacturing and development. A total of 17 new planes were planned to be built throughout the program. Over the past year, Air Force leaders grew disenchanted with JSTARS recap, saying that new battle management planes would not be survivable in future, contested battlespaces. But while the Senate defense committees leaned in to support ABMS, House lawmakers sought to force the service to keep going with JSTARS recap. Will Roper, the Air Force’s top acquisition official, told Defense News on July 17 that he was hopeful that Congress would move forward with ABMS. However, he still acknowledged that the Air Force had never modernized a “system of systems” like ABMS before.

“It definitely needs to be a program where we embrace failure up front and prototype, because there’s going to be a lot of learning to do about how do you make things work together as a team,” Roper said. “We get a sense of how commercial industry is solving it and I imagine we can use a lot of their lessons learned, but probably not all of them.”

Infighting in Georgia

What was once a disagreement between the House and Senate seems to have turned into a fight among the members of the Georgia delegation. In a surprising move, Republican Rep. Austin Scott pointed the finger at Sen. David Perdue, a fellow Georgia Republican, for allowing the recap program to be cancelled. Georgia’s Robins Air Force Base is home to the 116th Air Control Wing that operates JSTARS.

“When Senator Perdue […] withdrew his support of this program which the Georgia Congressional Delegation – including Senator Perdue – has overwhelmingly supported throughout the last seven years, it effectively ended the program,” said Scott. “Unfortunately […] the replacement aircraft will not be fielded, forcing a higher risk to our men and women in uniform by continuing to fly the 48 year old legacy JSTARS aircraft which are in need of recapitalization.”

Perdue hit back in his own statement, saying that ABMS is a better long term solution for Robins.

“The Advanced Battlefield Management System will give us the capability to access both restricted and non-restricted airspace. This is a necessity in supporting our troops in harm’s way as well as our overall intelligence gathering,” Perdue said. “With the solution I support, we save JSTARS jobs, maintain the JSTARS fleet into the next decade, accelerate the implementation of ABMS, and gain a new mission for Robins. All of this guarantees a very bright future for my hometown base.” (Source: Defense News)

25 Jul 18. Airbus studies new military applications for A320neo airliner. Airbus has been evaluating new applications for its A320neo twin-engine jet airliner as a ‘highly-capable and cost-effective’ military platform. The company intends to use the commercial aircraft as a military transport platform and to carry out intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. Designated A320M3A, the new military variant would be specifically designed to conduct a wide range of ISR operations such as maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare. The aircraft can be equipped with modular roll-on/roll-off payloads to carry out several airlift missions, including carrying passengers and troops, medical evacuation (medevac), and cargo transport. The larger host platform of Airbus’ A320M3A model features increased electrical power and improved cooling systems compared with the previously used command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) aircraft. Based on the company’s A320 airliner family in high-rate production, the new A320neo variant will benefit from being a low-risk aircraft solution. The aircraft is built on the company’s capabilities in manufacturing military derivatives of its commercial aircraft such as the A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), which is currently in use with military services worldwide. The new engine option version of Airbus’ A320 commercial jetliner offers several advantages such as long range and endurance, the lowest operational and lifecycle costs in its class, and an extensive capability for growth in a fuselage cross-section that is wider than its competitor in the same size category. (Source: airforce-technology.com)

25 Jul 18. US lawmakers favour ABMS over JSTARS recap in NDAA compromise. Key Points:

  • US lawmakers allow the US Air Force to pursue its ABMS effort instead of JSTARS recap
  • ABMS is largely a concept with few details

US House and Senate lawmakers agreed to allow the Air Force (USAF) to cancel its Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) recapitalisation programme in favour of pursuing the service’s next-generation Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS). The compromised fiscal year 2019 (FY 2019) defence authorisation legislation released on 24 July, known as the conference report, bars the USAF from retiring, or preparing to retire, Northrop Grumman E-8C JSTARS aircraft until the defence secretary certifies to congressional defence committees that Increment 2 of ABMS has declared initial operational capability (IOC) as defined in the system’s capability development document (CDD). It is unclear when the USAF expects ABMS to reach IOC for Increment 2. A request for comment to the service was not returned at the time of writing. The legislation must be approved by the House and Senate and signed into law by President Donald Trump to go into effect. The provision does not apply to individual JSTARS aircraft that the USAF secretary determines, on a case-by-case basis, to not be mission-capable because of mishaps, other damage, or not being cost-efficient to repair. The legislation also directs the USAF secretary to take all reasonable steps to ensure that legacy JSTARS aircraft operated by the service meet all safety requirements. The USAF has provided little information about ABMS. USAF spokesperson Hope Cronin said on 24 July that ABMS will fuse the information from air, space, ground, and sea sensors, providing a resilient and survivable solution to battlefield management. She said JSTARS recapitalisation is not survivable in highly contested environments and, therefore, is not aligned with the National Defense Strategy and will be useless in times of need when facing great power competition.(Source: IHS Jane’s)

24 Jul 18. DroneShield has today released an ASX announcement regarding the certification of its DroneGun TacticalTM product as compliant for human exposure. The announcement is as follows: DroneShield Ltd (ASX:DRO) (“DroneShield” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its DroneGun TacticalTM product has been certified as compliant for human exposure, in connection with requests by potential governmental end-users, in relation to their procurement processes. OneTech, a specialist SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) laboratory for global certifications, has certified DroneShield’s DroneGun TacticalTM as compliant with the ARPANSA EN 50566 and EN 50663 (Australian and New Zealand Communications and Media Authority requirements for human exposure to radio frequencies) within the specific frequency bands of operation which cross references to the international ICNIRP standard. The certification was obtained in response to the DroneGun TacticalTM product advancing through procurement processes with a number of major defence and other government agencies internationally, for which this was a requirement requested by several agencies. The certification follows DroneGun MKIITM safety for human exposure certification in December 2017, and DroneSentryTM airport compliance certification in May 2018.

24 Jul 18. Horizon Technologies launches XPOD airborne ISR/SIGINT payload. United Kingdom-based Horizon Technologies has unveiled a new ‘plug and play’ intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)/signals intelligence (SIGINT) pod designed for manned and unmanned air platforms. Known as XPOD, the new system is based on the company’s FlyingFish airborne satellite phone (SATPHONE) monitoring system. Various other ISR/SIGINT sensors can be integrated into the pod, which can be controlled using either a portable workstation on board a manned aircraft or via datalink on the ground. Now in its third generation, FlyingFish is a SATPHONE-based SIGINT system designed to passively monitor both Thuraya and IsatPhone Pro networks. According to Horizon Technologies, the system can detect and intercept terminal and call activity within radio line-of-sight including voice, fax, data, and short message service (SMS) where available. (Source: IHS Jane’s)

24 Jul 18. HENSOLDT’s Optronics business line has been selected by ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH for a three-year supply contract to deliver EO/IR systems to a central European NATO MoI end-user. The EO/IR system of choice, the ARGOS-II HD, will form part of a fleet-wide mission equipment replacement program in the German Federal Police helicopter fleet.  The Argos-II HD forms part of the ESG mission system PTANG (Polizeitaktischer Arbeitsplatz). The awarded order was part of a NATO-wide tender. This central European Federal Police client is renowned in the market for their thorough technical evaluation as the most advanced and best-equipped police force within Europe.

“The Argos II is one of the most advanced EO/IR Systems available in the Global marketplace today. With a ‘made in Germany’ High Definition Thermal Imager as well as state-of-the-art sensor suite, this powerful package addresses the needs of every client serious about Airborne Observation – thereby addressing the needs of both Police as well as Defence related requirements. The Airborne Service Centre located in Southern Germany ensures a rapid turn-around time for regular maintenance intervals for all fielded systems,” explains Andreas Hülle, CEO of HENSOLDT’s Optronics business line.

The ARGOS-II HD gimbal was specifically designed for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The gimbal consists of a mid-wave megapixel HD thermal imager (MWIR) and a multi-spectral HDTV camera, both featuring continuous optical and electronic zoom capability. An optional multi-spectral HDTV spotter camera enables longer range target identification. The ARGOS-II is centred on a fully integrated, Stabilized Turret Assembly, providing best-in-class stabilization. An internal Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and GPS enable accurate GEO-location of ground targets and steering or tracking of the system’s line of sight to pre-defined GPS locations, providing commanders with real-time intelligence in areas of operational interest while the integral auto tracker function provides tracking of moving or static targets in the line of sight.  Advanced image processing functions, including picture-in-picture display, edge enhancement, haze penetration, pseudo colours and day/thermal image fusion provide optimized image performance for varying operational conditions.  The ARGOS-II Airborne Observation System is designed for installation on helicopters, fixed wing aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles to provide observation and targeting capabilities for military, border and maritime patrol and law enforcement missions.

23 Jul 18. DroneShield and ISI have partnered on creating the next version of Rapid Scout® HQ, a vehicle with an intergrated counterdrone detect and defeat solution.

  • DroneShield and Intelligent Security Integration Aust. (ISI) have partnered on Rapid Scout® HQ, a vehicle with integrated counterdrone detect and defeat solution.
  • A unique combination of DroneShield’s counterdrone system with ISI’s on-vehicle and electro-optics surveillance system.
  • The companies to exhibit Rapid Scout® HQ with counterdrone capability at the Land Forces 2018 exhibition in Adelaide in September 2018.

DroneShield Ltd (“DroneShield”) and Intelligent Security Integration Aust. Pty Ltd (“ISI”) released the following joint statement. DroneShield (ASX:DRO or DRO.AU) is a public Australian company whose products provide protection from intrusions by commercial / consumer grade drones to people and critical infrastructure. DroneShield’s products include DroneSentinel™ (a sensor fusion, multi-method drone detection system), DroneSentry™ (a combined detection and interdiction system), DroneGun™ (a hanheld rifle-shaped drone-mitigation device), RadarZeroTM (a portable drone detection radar) and DroneCannonTM (a counterdrone jammer). ISI is a Melbourne based Australian private company specialising in security and surveillance equipment. Its flagship product, Rapid Scout® HQ and its associated Rapid Scout® surveillance sensors, are perfect for use anywhere traditional CCTV has limited or no coverage.  Its unique design features and ISI’s ability to customise the vehicle for use in any situation, have led to demand from defence and government agencies, emergency service providers, and law enforcement and private security organisations around the Asia Pacific region. DroneShield and ISI have partnered on creating the next version of Rapid Scout® HQ, a vehicle with an intergrated counterdrone detect and defeat solution. The prior version of Rapid Scout® HQ incorporated a vehicle with an advanced surveillance capability, through a combination of a sophisticated mast-mounted CCTV platform on a vehicle. Going forward, Rapid Scout® will incorporate a counterdrone module containing DroneShield’s RadarZeroTM (portable drone detection radar), RfOneTM (drone detection via an RF direction finder) and/or DroneCannonTM (counterdrone jammer) modules into the Rapid Scout® platform. The resulting product is believed to be a first of its kind, a non-military vehicle with a suite of counterdrone multi-sensor detect and defeat solutions. DroneShield and ISI will continue marketing their existing respective product suites, which remain unaffected by this partnership. The companies will co-operate on their marketing of the integrated on-vehicle solution. The product will be unveiled at Land Forces 2018 in Adelaide, a major Australian-based international defence exhibition.

20 Jul 18. FLIR Systems displays refreshed UltraForce series turrets. FLIR Systems revealed a technology refresh for the UltraForce 275 and UltraForce 350 multi-sensor gimbal turrets at Farnborough International Airshow 2018. The low size weight and power (SWAP) systems developed for integration on small lightweight manned and unmanned airborne platforms now enable high-definition (HD) output and feature improved turret designs. Adam DeAngelis, Director of Marketing – Surveillance, at FLIR Systems, told Jane’s, “We have worked with our customers and responded with a technology refresh that brings high-definition output and other improvements to the UltraForce systems.” The driver for improving the UltraForce series systems is an increased customer demand for non-ITAR products that enable advanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ITAR) capabilities.(Source: IHS Jane’s)

19 Jul 18. The US Army is one step closer to fielding a next-generation weapon sight. A leap-ahead weapons sight under development by Army engineers is one step closer to fielding after having passed critical airdrop tests recently performed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division conducted static line jumps with the Family of Weapon Sights-Individual program devices on their carbines, machine guns and sniper rifles. The jumps helped soldiers give feedback on the size, weight and configuration of the new items. Technicians then tested the sites to ensure they held their zero post-jump.

“American paratroopers are infamous for attacking when and where least expected and always at night,” said Mike Tracy, branch chief of the Personnel Special Operations Test Branch.

Those tactics make it crucial for the soldiers to master using night vision optics. But the FWS-I is more than simply night vision. It combines night vision, thermal sights and target acquisition technology. Researchers with the Army’s Program Executive Office-Soldier Maneuver Sensors have paired a next-generation night vision monocle, the ENVG-III, with the Family of Weapon Sights-Individual, or FWS-I, to allow a shooter to view the battlefield through light-enhancing night vision and thermal vision. The system simultaneously permits the shooter to see a 40-degree view while also seeing an 18-degree view from the weapon sight. This enables shooters to fire from multiple positions, around and above obstacles, without exposing themselves. The “picture-in-picture” mode lets the shooter see two different directions at once. For example, if an infantryman were on foot patrol in a tight wedge formation, the soldier or Marine could patrol while observing their left flank, turn to give hand signals from their squad leader and still watch the flank from the camera on the rifle. All of that is an aim to cut down target acquisition time for shooters. Military Times staff participated in a media demo and shoot of the system twice in the past year. The device allows a shooter to fire from the hip and shoot around corners, using the weapon-mounted camera. The night vision portion of the system also can overcome the high-illumination problems that disabled earlier night vision devices. Side-by-side comparisons at more than 75 yards with current night vision systems showed an immediate contrast with thermal. Multiple man-sized targets were visible with both systems at various distances. A man-sized target behind camouflage netting was invisible with standard night vision goggles, but visually jumped out immediately with thermal sights. The first batch of a total of 64,000-night vision devices, the ENVG-III are arriving at infantry and special operations forces units this year. The 36,000 FWS-I devices are expected to hit units sometime in late 2018 or early 2019. (Source: Army Times)

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Blighter® Surveillance Systems (BSS) is a UK-based electronic-scanning radar and sensor solution provider delivering an integrated multi-sensor package to systems integrators comprising the Blighter electronic-scanning radars, cameras, thermal imagers, trackers and software solutions. Blighter radars combine patented solid-state Passive Electronic Scanning Array (PESA) technology with advanced Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) and Doppler processing to provide a robust and persistent surveillance capability. Blighter Surveillance Systems is a Plextek Group company, a leading British design house and technology innovator, and is based at Great Chesterford on the outskirts of Cambridge, England.

The Blighter electronic-scanning (e-scan) FMCW Doppler ground surveillance radar (GSR) is a unique patented product that provides robust intruder detection capabilities under the most difficult terrain and weather conditions. With no mechanical moving parts and 100% solid-state design, the Blighter radar family of products are extremely reliable and robust and require no routine maintenance for five years. The Blighter radar can operate over land and water rapidly searching for intruders as small a crawling person, kayaks and even low-flying objects. In its long-range modes the Blighter radar can rapidly scan an area in excess of 3,000 km² to ensure that intruders are detected, identified and intercepted before they reach critical areas.

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