Sun, Oct 26, 2008
Area Search Mode Excels Identifies Illegal Border Crossing
Activity
Unmanned aerial systems and tactical reconnaissance radar
manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems recently
announced its Lynx Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensor
successfully identified suspected areas of illegal crossing
activity along the US/Mexico border during recent border patrol
operations conducted by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) out
of Fort Huachuca, AZ.
The Lynx SAR is now performing day-to-day border search
operations onboard a CBP Predator B unmanned aircraft system (UAS),
also manufactured by GA-ASI.
Despite cloud cover and ground haze obscuration in the search
area, the Lynx SAR’s weather penetration and wide-area scan
capabilities have resulted in repeatedly successful missions with
all objectives achieved.
"The Lynx radar’s wide field-of-view and ability to
pinpoint activity allows operators to cue EO/IR
[Electro-Optical/Infrared] payloads or ground units to investigate
anomalies," said Linden P. Blue, president, Reconnaissance Systems
Group, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. "Lynx SAR’s
broad-area and all-weather surveillance capabilities continue to
maximize the value and search area of the sophisticated and
long-endurance Predator B UAS during CBP border patrol
operations."
The Lynx radar provides the all-weather precision capability to
detect time-sensitive targets and offers a long-range, wide-area
surveillance capability that can provide high-resolution SAR
imagery slant ranges well beyond effective EO/IR range. The radar
also incorporates a broad area GMTI (Ground Movement Target
Indicator) scanning capability to detect moving vehicles and cue
the EO/IR payload via the CLAW® payload control software.
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