Kelvin Hughes to showcase its low-power portable anti-jamming surveillance radar at DIMDEX 2012

: Posted On Friday, 02 March 2012 15:34

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Kelvin Hughes to showcase its low-power portable anti-jamming surveillance radar at DIMDEX 2012

Kelvin Hughes has expanded its range of radars based on its SharpEye™ technology. A compact radar has been developed for small craft, while the technology has been applied to create a low-power portable anti-jamming surveillance radar called BOXER which will be showcased at DIMDEX 2012.

Kelvin Hughes' BOXER low-power portable anti-jamming surveillance radar

The BOXER products have been designed to meet the surveillance demands of a range of clients from military and para-military to law enforcement and private security agencies. BOXER is a man-portable system that can be deployed by two people or mounted in a vehicle or trailer. There is also a fixed installation option, and multiple units can be deployed to provide perimeter surveillance. Although optimised for battlefield operations, Boxer also has applications for border protection and law enforcement.

Boxer uses SharpEye™ X-band solid state technology and incorporates three different pulse-length options. These can be programmed or manually alternated, and frequency diversity options ensure true anti-jamming capability. Each electronically steered phased-array antenna sweeps an arc of 120°, and the antenna can also be rotated to give 360° coverage.

Kelvin Hughes' SharpEye™ SCV (small craft variant) Radome

SharpEye™ SCV (small craft variant) is the name of Kelvin Hughes’s new low-power maritime radar, which targets the small boat market up to 35m length. This includes RIBs, special forces insertion vessels, search and rescue platforms and hovercraft.

With a nominal peak power of 50W, SharpEye™ SCV has a 24in rotating array giving an instrumented range capability of up to 48 nautical miles. With a low profile radome, the radar weighs only 10kg, and it can be integrated with a variety of display systems, depending on the nature of the vessel.

About Kelvin Hughes:
Kelvin Hughes is a global provider of marine equipment, navigational solutions and surface surveillance radar systems.
Key products include SharpEye™ solid state radar sensors, low profile antennas, display and tracker technology, voyage data recorders, electronic chart displays and integrated bridge systems.
Kelvin Hughes’ surveillance business provides coherent SharpEye™ and non-coherent radar technologies capable of detecting the smallest of targets and lowest velocities in clutter, meeting the surveillance, safety, and security needs of 30 of the world’s navies as well as coastal and border operators, and security patrols.
A commitment to innovation and radar solution provision is enabling current and new users greater and increasing capability through the application of surveillance radar technologies both at sea and on land.

Visit Kelvin Hughes during DIMDEX 2012 on stand N-205a