Kelvin Hughes a global supplier of navigation and surveillance systems,
can announce the success of its solid-state SharpEye™ radar at
a Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) demonstration in Virginia,
USA. The U.S. Department of Defense’s Stiletto Maritime Demonstration
Program's Capability Demonstrations allow participating industry an
opportunity to receive immediate feedback on systems as end-users observed
the new technologies in a realistic military maritime environment. |
Kelvin
Hughes’ core radar sensor technology was chosen for the demonstration
on-board the US Navy Technology Demonstrator Stiletto during Capability
Demonstration 1, giving NECC sailors a realistic military maritime context
for its application in littoral warfare.
The SharpEye™ sensor operates in X-band frequency and is contained
in the upmast antenna turning unit. This saves space and improves signal
performance by reducing the length of wave guide that is typically required.
Other benefits that led to the Stiletto Maritime Demonstration program
selection of SharpEye™ for this demonstration, include enhanced
detection of small targets in heavy rain and high sea states due to
the patented pulse sequence and Doppler processing.
Adrian Pilbeam, Vice President of Kelvin Hughes LLC said, “The
SharpEye™ radars provide the operator with the best situational
awareness picture of any current surface search or navigation radar.
Apart from the obvious maritime security applications, this performance
benefit is also being used in many other areas for detection of small
targets such as VTS and coastal surveillance applications, land surveillance
and infrastructure security.”
Kelvin Hughes also supplied Naval MantaDigital™ radar display
software for integration with SharpEye™ radar. This advanced tracker
system enables continuous detection and target tracking for situational
awareness, while operating at high speed and with very fast seaborne
targets such as the jet skis that were used for testing.
The user-friendly interface provides chart overlays, high fidelity-detection
and high resolution through SharpEye™. This gave operators a quality
picture of situational awareness even while operating at high speed.
The Capability Demonstration testing gave Kelvin Hughes valuable immediate
feedback from experienced operators, which can be used to develop technologies
even further for future naval use. |
