TriSAR - Tri-Mode Synthetic Aperture Radar
Tri-Mode Synthetic Aperture Radar (TriSAR) is a real-time, high resolution, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Processor. The system was designed to meet the needs of both land and maritime surveillance requirements. Configurations of TriSAR are available for fixed wing, helicopter and Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) platforms.
TriSAR was developed as part of the Canadian program to modernize the Aurora Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA). TriSAR was selected by the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the Replacement Maritime Patrol Aircraft (RMPA) project for modernizing the British NAF Nimrod. Array was subcontracted by Thales Sensors, of Crawley England, to provide the TriSAR capability for the Searchwater 2000MR radar.
"Thales Defence is pleased to have Array Systems Computing as part of our team and we are very excited about the future export potential of our Searchwater 2000MR radar," said David MacDonald, Project Manager for Searchwater 2000MR. "Our combined radar processing capabilities make the Searchwater 2000MR the most potent force in the world of maritime surveillance radars".
TriSAR
TriSAR provides three distinct imaging modes:
- Strip-Map
- Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR)
- Spotlight SAR
These three modes combine to make TriSAR the SAR processor of choice for a multitude of operational missions in all weather conditions.
Some examples of such missions include:
- Maritime and harbour surveillance
- Ice surveillance
- Fisheries patrol
- Economic zone enforcement
- Border surveillance
- Search and rescue
- Environmental surveillance (e.g. oil slick detection)
- Battle damage assessment
Array has a library of SAR images. Let us know what your interests are and we can provide imagery to give you a better appreciation of how SAR processing can work for you.
TriSAR includes technology that is subject to licensing by Array from the Research and Development branch of the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND).