C SPEED ANNOUNCES LIGHTWAVE RADAR WIND TURBINE MITIGATION AND IN-FILL AIR SURVEILLANCE RADAR SYSTEM ACHIEVES TRL-9 STATUS
Intro
LightWave is a low cost, primary radar system designed to provide in fill air surveillance, observe international border regions and enhance protection of infrastructure and high value national assets or events...providing surveillance even when challenged by the presence of wind turbines and the clutter they create.
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Overview
The LightWave S-Band Solid-State Primary Surveillance Radar fuses C Speed's family of LightWave radar subsystems into a low cost, high performance radar system. LightWave operates in two fundamental operational modes. When configured in its Low PRF mode, LightWave operates as a low cost, primary surveillance radar. When configured in its High PRF mode, LightWave, in addition to operating as a surveillance radar system, also offers advanced radar imaging capabilities. This High PRF configuration allows it to be an even more effective sensor that permits very difficult problems – such as mitigating the radar clutter effects produced by wind turbines – to be solved. LightWave is made in the USA.
Capabilities
- In fill and gap fill
- Air traffic control – small or large airfields
- Wind Turbine Clutter Mitigation
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Data Recording
- High bandwidth digitized RF pre-processed
- Low bandwidth plot and track outputs
- Non-cooperative, airborne target detection
- Detection of low altitude targets, slow flyers, and ultralights
- Optional fusion tracker and display – multi radar fusion for in fill
- Cosecant-Squared Antenna capable of extended range
- Low cost – acquisition as well as O&M
- Low power – as low as 100 watts peak
- Multi-Mission – ATC, situational awareness
- Stand alone system or multi sensor configuration (3D)
- Defense and Homeland Security applications
- Manned/Unmanned air platform detection
- International border region surveillance
- Low flying targets in difficult clutter environments
- Upgrade existing ATC radars
Specifications
Frequency: S-Band
Scan Rate: 12.5 RPM nominal (4.8s update rate), programmable
Instrumented Range: up to 100 nmi
Azimuth: 360° coverage
Solid-state design with high MTBF
Standard ASTERIX output
Approved by U.S. Department of Commerce for export
Contact Us
Located in Upstate New York, C Speed is an innovative radar system and subsystem supplier serving its global commercial and government customers. Its team has many years of experience in providing radar receiver, exciter and signal processor upgrades to both military and civilian radar systems that are located throughout the world.
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- 315.453.1043 x238
- radar@cspeed.com