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The MTI feature is used as a capability that allows monitoring the movements of vehicles on land, warships at sea or UAVs, and helicopters in the air. While SAR technology continues to provide operational benefits to its end users with its different application areas, Meteksan Defense contributes to the detection and identification of ships at sea by using MILSAR’s SAR imaging feature and can offer cost-effective, robust and tailor-made solutions against the emerging threats such as the floating sea mines, which are extremely difficult to detect with EO/IR.
One of the top features belonging to MILSAR is an integrated and easy-to-install feature for a wide spectrum of UAVs from the tactical level to the strategic level. Thanks to its cutting-edge technologies and innovative architectural advantages, MILSAR has competitive SWaP characteristics.
Unlike EO imaging, MILSAR creates high-resolution images independent of imaging distance. MILSAR can operate in stripmap or spotlight modes. In Stripmap mode, the radar produces SAR images with different resolutions up to 50cm and presents them to the operator as smoothly as a video image. In Spotlight mode, an image of a specific area is obtained with a resolution of up to 30cm. The bandwidth required to transfer images to the ground station is quite minimal regarding the specifications of commercially available data links for UAVs.
While the radar can scan a wide area for reconnaissance purposes in Stripmap mode, it also allows taking images for surveillance purposes with Spotlight mode, even in conditions where there is no visibility due to the foggy or cloudy weather.
MİLSAR is an easy-to-integrate product because of its universal interface and the fact that it is a single LRU. MILSAR can be easily integrated into the wide spectrum of UAV systems including MALE and HALE class UAVs. Its mechanical interface is compatible with the 15” turret section of EO/IR systems.
All-Weather ISR Capability
MILSAR allows the end-users to take over the cloud images. MILSAR is a system whose basic functionalities are always operational, unlike EO/IR systems with a gradual degradation in performance in severe weather conditions. It can make significant contributions to the operational continuity of UAV fleets.
Shrinking the Kill Chain
The limited field of view figures of EO/IR systems has brought the use of alternative technologies to the agenda to meet the need for wide-area surveillance. For combat UAVs, FOV produced by EO/IR systems during the kill chain significantly increases the time spent on the target detection process. This situation can be improved with MILSAR’s moving target indication (MTI) feature. Detecting the targets like warships, armoured vehicles, tanks, or pickups moving in a wide operational area within a few seconds saves the operator’s invaluable time for planning, decision-making and identification.
Maintaining Recognized Picture support by MILSAR
Recognized Picture is an essential tool to observe the current situation of friendly and enemy units of the operation area, to make threat assessment, and to increase the sensitivity of operation planning. Military units in the operation field should be identified using various sensor systems. Automatic identification systems used for identifying merchant vessels can also serve this purpose, EO/IR cameras, ED systems and radar systems are extensively used to identify incorporated military units that do not use IFF or AIS systems. MILSAR can also contribute to the establishment and maintenance of the Recognized Picture through Maritime Moving Target Indication and interpreting SAR / ISAR images.
Struggling with Illicit Human Trafficking by MILSAR
Detecting illegal refugees who try to reach more prosperous regions with better security conditions by sea, mostly on simple boats, without causing human losses or creating a security vulnerability, is an important problem. To this end, the coast guard units carry out search activities with low efficiency by using EO/IR systems in a wide operational area. MILSAR can detect simple boats and similar vessels on the sea with the customized SAR imaging mode and steer the EO to the detection area. The use of MILSAR in search activities increases operational efficiency by detecting targets faster even in low visibility conditions.
Low Cost of Ownership
Apart from the total cost of ownership, MILSAR can offer cost-effective solutions in matters such as operation, maintenance, updates, technical support and user training. Additionally, it is possible to perform missions with fewer flight hours by using MILSAR thanks to the shortened detection times of targets. Compared to its rivals, MILSAR’s 65% enhanced MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) value drastically reduces maintenance costs.
MILSAR is currently in the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces. Additionally, MILSAR is exported to foreign countries together with Turkish UAVs. MILSAR could be effectively operated on Light Reconnaissance Aircraft and UAVs having a payload capacity of 28 kg. In this regard, Meteksan Defence is open to cooperating with foreign UAV and light aircraft manufacturers and their end-users to transform those platforms into, all-weather and highly capable ISR platforms.
