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Surveillance

SharpEyeTM Coastal Surveillance/VTS Radar

Today’s security environment demands a radar that is able provides both superb performance in clutter for navigation safety, and will detect small craft which may pose a security threat .

SharpEye™ meets these requirements and has been developed as the world’s first new technology Radar aimed at the surveillance market.

Incorporating the latest in solid state, pulse doppler and signal processing technologies, SharpEye™ offers performance previously only possible in extremely expensive military or civil aviation surveillance radar. Combining this with the reliability of a completely solid-state solution gives SharpEye™ the edge in this demanding market.

Find out more about Sharpeye at http://www.sharpeye.biz/

Applications:

Security:

  • Prevention of Illegal activities such as smuggling and illegal immigration
  • Prevention of terrorist activities & piracy

Safety:

  • VTS & Port traffic control
  • Search & Rescue (SAR) support

 

SharpEye™ Surveillance Solutions:

  • X Band upmast transceiver, 4.8m or 5.5m antennas
  • S Band upmast transceiver, 4m antenna
  • Combined X - S upmast transceiver, 4m S and 5.5m X band antenna.

 

SharpEye™ Features

  • Designed for low maintenance remote operation (fully solid-state) - no "lifed" items
  • MTBF is over 50,000 Hrs
  • Greatly improved target detection due to the use of pulse-doppler for rain and sea clutter rejection
  • Excellent mixed clutter suppression with coherent Moving Target Detection (MTD) processing
  • Extensive BIT (built-in-test) facilities.
  • Dual X & S Band capability
  • Dual speed antenna (24 & 46 rpm)
  • Low power mode for short range operations
  • Frequency diversity option
  • Flexible interfacing and output, supporting both digital and analogue output
  • Remote Radar control and performance monitoring.
  • Instantaneous operation - no warm up period
  • Lower spares holding