Wind turbines are proven to kill some vulnerable species of birds. The WITURBISA will assist the wind farms in shutting down at times during intense bird migration situations. \u00a9 Peter H\u00f8vring, Nordic Radar Solutions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nEffective and fast target scoring is essential<\/h3>\n Lastly, the sector where it all started \u2013 with restrained military budgets and increasing complexity effective and fast target scoring is essential. Traditional methods are no longer seen as being sufficient \u2013 there is a need to produce a valid feedback almost in real time.<\/p>\n
Advanced system<\/h3>\n Nordic Radar Solutions has developed an Advanced Battlefield Integrated Scoring System (ABISS) that is a world unique, remote, advanced, stand-alone, commercial off the shelf (COTS) based radar system that delivers high quality, near real-time weapons scoring data to military customers when operating in extremely demanding environments. With the Danish Armed Forces as partner and sponsor, Nordic Radar Solutions has currently developed its first target scoring system for the Royal Danish Air Force shooting range at R\u00f8m\u00f8 in South Western Denmark.<\/p>\n
Saving time \u2013 reducing cost<\/h3>\n ABISS significantly reduces overall operating cost when performing sophisticated weapons testing and training events by reducing the amount of ammunition and range time. Additionally, a faster and better feedback improves the quality of training.<\/p>\n
How it works<\/h3>\n The ABISS system consists of two units; a container with the main ABISS system and an operator control system. The container includes a lift and foldable roof, which allows to stow the antenna and antenna pedestal inside the container, when the ABISS system is not in use. This further protects the entire system from the local environment.<\/p>\n
The container lift and roof are fully automated and require no manual effort to exercise. The operator control system provides control of the ABISS system through a multi-screen setup and a laptop for manual control and selection. The container and the operator control system are connected through a dedicated ethernet cable. The system does not require additional equipment to be installed on the shooting range and is flexible in operation with simple and rapid set-up.<\/p>\n
Ka-band radar is the core<\/h3>\n The core of the system is made up of an advanced Ka-band radar, which illuminates the selected target area with multiple beams, thus being able to accurately measure impact point, velocity, and angle of the incoming weapon in near real-time, during day and night and in all-weather. The system operates without requiring access to the Internet.<\/p>\n
The sensor information is accompanied with relevant information about the shooting scenario which is presented to the range officer in the form of a state-of-the-art user interface. Data is automatically logged and selected statistical performance data in relation to the pilot\/operator is calculated. The system will generate a final report of the exercise for debriefing of the pilot\/operator after landing.<\/p>\n
An advanced radar system is the core<\/h3>\n One of the major key requirements in the various applications of the radar, is the need for detection of very small targets. In particular, detecting projectiles in the target scoring application and small foreign object debris (FOD) in the airport safety application both pose significant challenges for a radar system.<\/p>\n
To provide detection capability against such small objects, the radar will therefore operate in the Ka-frequency band (approximately 35GHz) in which the wavelength of the radar signal is approximately 1cm. This is because the ability to detect a target diminishes when target dimensions are comparable to the wavelength. Thus, using a lower operating frequency with a longer wavelength would mean we would be unable to detect small targets such as projectiles used by aircraft.<\/p>\n
In comparison, many radars operate in the X-band, where the wavelength is approximately 3cm.<\/p>\n
So, even though it is more complicated to design and build a radar in the Ka-band frequency, we have chosen to do so due to the obvious advantages it provides in the performance of the radar system.<\/p>\n
Separate antennas<\/h3>\n The special radar system designed by Nordic Radar Solutions utilises separate transmit and receive antennas. This provides for a very high isolation between the transmitted and the received signal, which is not possible when utilising a combined transmit and receive antennas. Without this isolation, it becomes very difficult to detect weak return signals stemming from the often very small targets. Both antennas are based on an innovative very low-loss slotted waveguide (SWG) array design with inherent beam steering capability and support of multiple beams.<\/p>\n
Monopulse operation gives very high accuracy<\/h3>\n The receive antenna facilitates advanced monopulse operation which enables the radar system to determine the position of a target with very high accuracy. The ability to operate with multiple beams means the radar system operates with a high field of view while still maintaining a very high resolution due to the narrow beam width of each individual beam.<\/p>\n
These characteristics means the radar system can monitor a wide target area in the scoring application and capture the impact position of bombs and projectiles accurately, even if they miss the target by a significant margin.<\/p>\n
Our radar works in 3D<\/h3>\n The high-resolution antennas\u2019 beams can be pointed in both elevation and azimuth, which means the radar can determine not only the horizontal position but also the height of the target (3D location), which will be fundamental to the airport safety and wind energy applications.<\/p>\n
It works even in 4D<\/h3>\n The radar is able to transmit multiples waveforms and process the received signals in the doppler frequency spectrum. This means that the radar can measure the speed of targets and so, in total, it is a 4D radar. This significantly increase the ability to distinguish target from objects which provide a radar return signal but are not a target of interest. As an example: our radar will have the ability to measure the doppler frequency characteristics of a bird or a drone, and such targets will be distinguished via their return signals, thereby greatly enhancing the chances to detect and classify birds and drones, as opposed to stationary targets.<\/p>\n
Nordic Radar Solutions<\/strong> \n+45 8699 2726<\/strong> \ncontact@nordicradarsolutions.com<\/strong><\/a> \nhttps:\/\/nordicradarsolutions.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nPlease note, this article will also appear in the second edition of our <\/strong><\/em>new quarterly publication<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nordic Radar Solutions speaks to The Innovation Platform, about their commitment to producing the next-generation of advanced radar-based systems. Based in Eg\u00e5, Denmark, Nordic Radar Solutions is a company committed to developing next-generation advanced radar-based systems for a range of military and civilian applications. It all started ten years ago with a discussion between the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[766,24429],"tags":[19048,11580],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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