David
Johnson, CEO of Cambridge Pixel, said, “We are delighted to be
working alongside Lockheed Martin’s engineers on this major upgrade
of the navigation radars on the UK Royal Navy’s fleet of ships.
Our technology software modules fit well with Lockheed Martin’s
vision of developing a navigation radar system that meets the Royal
Navy’s needs now but that also has a clear route to adding extra
functionality in the future.”
Commenting for Lockheed Martin, a spokespersonsaid: “We selected
Cambridge Pixel because of their unparalleled background and experience
in all aspects of radar processing and display – in particular
target tracking. Their engineers were already familiar with the Kelvin
Hughes SharpEye radar transceiver – which was a major benefit
for this contract - and have always demonstrated a real desire to work
with our team, engineer to engineer,to assist us with the integration
process.”
Cambridge Pixel’s software ‘modules of expertise’
will be integrated into Lockheed Martin’s Naval Vigilance Radar
system. The radar scan conversion module receives radar data from the
Kelvin Hughes SharpEye radar and creates a radar image for display with
underlay and overlay graphics.
The radar tracking module processes the radar data to automatically
acquire and track targets, and the radar fusion software combine tracks
from multiple radars on the ships with AIS (automatic identification
system) transponderdata and other sensor data into a single, integrated
data source.
To assist Lockheed Martin during the development and test phase of the
new navigation radar system, Cambridge Pixel is also supplying radar
simulation and recording capabilities from its established SPx product
family. The RDR Radar Data Recorder captures raw video from the sensor
as ASTERIX CAT-240, along with AIS data and navigation data.
For system testing, prior to connection to the SharpEye radars, the
SPx Radar Simulator generates realistic ASTERIX-based data sets comprising
primary radar video, tracks, NMEA-0183 navigation data and AIS data
sets from programmed scenarios.
Cambridge Pixel’s technology is used in naval, air traffic control,
vessel traffic, commercial shipping, security, surveillance and airborne
radar applications. Its systems have been implemented in mission critical
applications with companies such as BAE Systems, Frontier Electronic
Systems, Barco Defense, Blighter Surveillance Systems, DRS, Exelis,
Kelvin Hughes, Lockheed Martin, Navantia, Navtech Radar, Raytheon, Royal
Thai Air Force, Samsung Thales, Sofresud and Tellumat.
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