Leonardo’s Seaspray radar has been chosen to provide airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) for Australia’s Department of Home Affairs and the Australian Border Force. The radar system was selected by Metrea, a leading provider of Effects-as-a-Service to national security partners around the world, who will deliver ISR services to the Australian Government.
Seaspray is a world-leading Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar designed for air, sea and land surveillance, providing the Australian Government with a highly reliable, operationally proven ISR capability. The radar is software driven and can rapidly interleave modes, making it ideal for complex operations such as border security and maritime surveillance.
The radar can detect tracks at hundreds of nautical miles, can generate high-resolution ground mapping using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and provide moving target detection. Amongst the plethora of capabilities in Seaspray’s arsenal is Small Target Mode, which enables operators to detect extremely small, low-signature objects. This includes shipwrecked individuals or small boats – at long ranges, and even in high sea states.
Alan Smith, Head of UK Radar Campaigns, Leonardo, said: “Leonardo has a long-standing relationship with Australia, having provided critical defence capability to the country for over a century. Together with our partners in Metrea, we are proud to be supplying our Seaspray 7500E V2 radar to the Aerial Surveillance Service programme, providing operators with a market-leading, operationally-proven surveillance capability that will enable Australia to effectively monitor the maritime environment.”
Leonardo is a leader in radar technology, with over 80 years of experience in its development and manufacturing, and significant research and development investment centred on its radar excellence hubs in Edinburgh (UK) and Rome, Naples and Nerviano (Italy) where advanced radar systems in the land, airborne and naval domains are developed and built.
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