Critical National Infrastructure Protection
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Governments worldwide have a responsibility to provide critical national
infrastructure protection from criminal and terrorist attack. The Blighter
radar is ideally suited for surveillance of the areas in and around critical
national infrastructure, providing early warning of intruders and allowing
other sensors and personnel to intercept the threat at the earliest
opportunity before any damage is done.
The Blighter radar works equally well over land or water and simultaneously provides
the ability to detect low-flying air targets. The Blighter radar’s electronic-scanning
technology provides industry leading reliability and covert operation for installations
that require 100% availability 24 hours a day 365 days a year.
Airport CZ/RZ Boundary Monitoring
The Blighter radar provides instantaneous measurement of target positions allowing it
to be used for both large-area perimeter protection and monitoring of the line between
areas of different security rating such as CZ/RZ (Controlled Zone/Restricted Zone)
lines. This capability allows airport operators to comply with critical elements of EU
Directive EC 300-2008. The Blighter radar operates continuously day and night and in
all weather conditions.
The long-range detection capability of the Blighter radar together with its wide
elevation beam allows it to be mounted high on remote buildings, thereby reducing the
number of radars required for a given area and dramatically reducing installation costs
as no ground-work is required. A range of long-range camera and thermal imagers
may be connected to the Blighter radar for confirmation of the distant targets detected.
The Blighter radar’s low power FMCW electronic signature is compatible with other
airport communications and navigation equipment.
Nuclear Power Station Security
Nuclear power generation facilities are sensitive to attack by both terrorists and green
activists. Most nuclear plants have excellent physical protection as well as reasonable
electronic ground surveillance, however the size and complexity of land around
Nuclear sites often makes traditional electronic surveillance, using cameras and fence
sensors, very expensive to procure and maintain. The Blighter radar can provide
competitive through-life costs when compared to multicamera/TI video analytic
systems or traditional fence detection systems. In addition the Blighter radar offers the
unique capability of being able to simultaneously scan both the land/water and the sky
for low flying targets including parachutists, hand-gliders and UAVs.
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The Blighter radar provides precise measurement of target location on the ground
giving early warning of intruders to security staff and allowing existing CCTV cameras
to be automatically cued to track and record the event.
Security of Oil, Gas and Water Pipelines & Processing Facilities
The ever increasing cost of oil, gas and water makes their production facilities and
associated pipelines targets for terrorists, green activists and general theft or
vandalism. The Blighter radar can provide wide area surveillance on and around the
production facilities, and along the pipeline the Blighter radar can electronically scan a
narrower arc to monitor the pipeline more intensively and thus ensure critical national
infrastructure protection.
In areas with undulating land, especially sand dunes, the Blighter radar may be
mounted high above the ground to allow it to see into the undulations. The Blighter
radar’s wide elevation beam will allow it to detect intruders both at long and short
range in a single electronic-scan.
The low-power requirements of the Blighter radar allow it to be operated from solar or
other renewable power. With its high reliability, zero moving parts operation, the
Blighter radar can be installed in remote locations and operated for years at a time
from solar power with minimal maintenance.
Crisis Response
International crisis response teams inevitably need to operate in areas with minimal
infrastructure and security issues. In these circumstances a rapidly deployable
surveillance system comprising of Blighter radar, cameras, thermal imagers, remote
sensor systems and power generation on an integrated platform provide instant critical
national infrastructure protection for the teams and their equipment when they arrive.
For deployment in extremely remote areas, the portable Blighter B202 Mk 2 and
supporting equipment may be backpacked and where roads or helicopter transport is
available, a longer range trailer-based surveillance system using the Blighter B400
radar system may be deployed.
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