STS-1400
Perimeter Surveillance Radar
MMW Perimeter Security Radar
Critical infrastructures such as airports, harbors, nuclear power plants, pipelines, encampments and other sensitive sites require reliable surveillance capabilities to detect intruders. This requirement was traditionally met by guards using visual observation. However, experience has demonstrated that this solution can be of limited effectiveness in conditions of reduced visibility and, as a result, can provide an inadequate security response time.
The STS-1400, a millimeter wave (MMW) perimeter security radar, brings three important features to the surveillance solution:
- ability to penetrate poor visibility environments
- ability to quickly detect moving targets over a 360° field-of-view
- accurate ranging capability extending to over 1000 meters
ICx is continuously developing next-generation coherent MMW radar systems to significantly reduce traditional radar acquisition costs and to provide high reliability for 24/7 applications. Due to the radar echo principle, MMW radar easily provides accurate target position and velocity data. In addition, millimeter waves are much longer than optical wavelengths (mm vs. microns). As a result, they easily penetrate adverse weather and most obscurants such as smoke, sand and dust. Millimeter-wave radar therefore provides essential capability and reliability for integrated surveillance systems. Combining MMW radar which quickly scans and detects moving targets over a 360° field-of-view with high-resolution, electro-optical imaging sensors and active sonar swimmer detection systems, represents the ultimate and most reliable all-weather intrusion detection solution.