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Thursday, August 23, 2012

GA-ASI Maritime Radar Excels in U.S. Navy Exercise

AN/DPY-1 |General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance systems, today announced that it successfully demonstrated additional features of the Maritime Wide Area Search (MWAS) mode of its proven Lynx® Multi-mode Radar during the recent U.S. Navy Experiment Trident Warrior 2012 (TW12) held off the coast of Southern California in July.

Integrated aboard a Predator B® RPA surrogate (King Air 200), Lynx MWAS demonstrated its ability to detect and image very small vessels, including fast boats, sail boats, and fishing boats.

GA-ASI’s Claw® sensor payload operator control software cued the Lynx MWAS radar to targets in coordination with the Navy’s AquaQuIPS multi-INT, ship track data fusion engine developed by Jove Sciences, Inc. (JOVE).

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