Since the dawn of radar nearly a century ago, the image of a radar system has been synonymous with a massive, rotating antenna dish. While these mechanical systems have served the aviation and defense industries remarkably well, they come with…
You might have seen them before: massive, white domes, often perfectly spherical like a traditional soccer ball, located near major airports, on military bases, or atop remote mountains. This structure is called a “radome”, and inside it is a high-tech,…
Revolutionizing Airport Radar Modular Airport Surveillance Radar, featuring non-rotating arrays offers a way to enhance performance in a cost-effective way. With Non-Rotating Arrays (NORA®) starting to move from conceptual designs into commercial products, Modular Airport Surveillance Radar becomes a comprehensive…
Novel ASR design concepts How modular systems and non-rotating antenna technologies will change ASR design fundamentally National Airspace environments are changing. Wind farms, 4G/5G telecom systems and the increasing air traffic density pose new challenges to air surveillance. New technologies…
