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SEA TECHNOLOGY MARCH 2016

SEA TECHNOLOGY MARCH 2016
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Ongoing Developments To SharpEye Radar Updates Continue to Enhance Maritime Situational Awareness Capability By Spike Hughes • Mark Bown With a history dating back over 250 years, Kelvin Hughes is a world leader in the development, manufacture and supply of maritime navigation, surveillance and security radar systems. For instance, whether for naval ships, submarines, coast guard vessels or merchant ships, VTS, coastal surveillance, port security, or the protection of offshore infrastructure, Kelvin Hughes's SharpEye solid-state radar can provide an industry-leading level of maritime...

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The lightweight SharpEye SCV radome is a low-power version of the larger X-band SharpEye Doppler radar used on navy ships, which can be mounted on small RHIBS for police and special forces use. harbor. Simultaneous surveillance of waterborne and landtioptioned electro-optical system, Kelvin Hughes utilized based areas provides an unprecedented level of security to its SharpEye technology to develop the Single Mast Solumarine and critical infrastructure. tion (SMS). Incorporating an SxV radar, the SMS is intended In September 2015, working with Italian partners for multiple applications in...

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“SharpEye transmits a low-power, patented sequence of short-, medium- and long-range pulses.” Navies engaged in newbuilds, upgrade and life extension programs frequently insist that navigation and collision avoidance systems meet the same international type approval standards as those required under the IMO for any commercial oceangoing vessel. However, naval vessels require much more from their radar than just navigation, including detection in clutter, helicopter control, surface search and small target detection. In addition, they need a radar software display that can manage a...

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