BAE Systems stop cable calamities
BAE Systems has completed flight-testing of a prototype lightweight, all-weather system that uses radar to identify cables and other obstacles and provides precise altimeter information to military helicopter pilots.
has completed flight-testing of a prototype lightweight, all-weather cable and obstacle detection system. The system uses radar to identify cables and other obstacles and provides precise altimeter information to military helicopter pilots.
Based on BAE Systems’ analysis of helicopter incidents since 1980, the company estimates that equipping the
The system detects cables and other obstacles using low-probability-of-intercept, low-probability-of-detection radar technology. BAE Systems developed the test program with input from the
The device weighs less than eight pounds, plus antennas, and can detect unknown obstacles at distances greater than 2.5km. It is operational day or night and in all types of weather. BAE Systems says it is also is developing a commercial version of the system.
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