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MARITIME SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

MARITIME SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
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SHARPEYE™ MARITIME SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CASE STUDY SharpEye™ solid state radar technology used for a maritime security and law enforcement application in Maryland, USA INFORMATION DOCUMEN

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November 26, 2013 – Maryland Natural Resources Police (MNRP) announce the arrest of two watermen for poaching at an oyster sanctuary in Tangier Sound, Maryland, USA. The SharpEye™ radar located on Deal Island, Maryland and commissioned just weeks before as part of MNRPs new MLEIN (Marine Law Enforcement Information Network) was used to detect and track a workboat identified as motoring in a pattern indicative of an oyster dredging operation. The watermen encroached on an oyster sanctuary in Tangier Sound and observed from a distance and out of site in a cove by a MNRP police boat using a...

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Chesapeake Bay area showing Deal Island and Tangier Sound North of Tangier Island. The MNRP have developed and implemented the MLEIN system as part of the Oyster Restoration & Aquaculture Development Proposed Regulations July 2010 which is part of a plan implemented by the Governor of Maryland. The regulations are designed to expand Maryland’s oyster sanctuary network, identify and preserve Maryland’s public shellfish fishery areas (wild oyster harvest areas) and establish the processes and requirements for leasing areas in State waters for aquaculture. The MLEIN system has been designed to...

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Funding for MLEIN was provided through an approximate $1M Port Security Grant from the Department of Homeland Security and additional grants, totalling approximately $2M. The SharpEye™ radar system comprises the state of the art solid state™ X-Band 200W transceiver integrated inside the radar antenna-turning unit housing enabling an upmast installation. The tower supports the radar and 5.5m (18ft) antenna. The radar is able to detect small, low radar cross section targets such as boats used by poachers. In addition, the SharpEye™ technology brings a multitude of capabilities and cost...

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SharpEye™ performs high levels of processing in the transceiver itself before outputting radar video to the radar processor for processing into a format that provides radar tracks on a display. It is the combination of these specific techniques and many other features of the radar that make SharpEye™ unique in its performance as a sensor. The result is radar with the following benefits: Earlier detection – The range of the radar is largely determined by the height of the antenna, however the radar itself has to be able to determine target velocities. It has been found when comparing a...

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Onmast mounted transceiver (SBS-900 system) provides dual transceiver redundancy when applications or IALA standards dictate this. By having a transceiver that operates without producing significant heat that requires dissipation and is very small in terms of physical size it can be located in an enclosure part way up the mast / tower structure for the antenna. Again, its high reliability and maintenance free advantage significantly reduces integration costs of a coastal surveillance radar tower/installation. Another side benefit of having upmast solutions is the length of waveguide, which...

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