SCANTER 5000 and 6000 Solid State Radar: Utilisation of the SCANTER 5000 and 6000 series next generation solid state, coherent, frequency diversity and time diversity radar with software defined functionality for security applications

Coherent, Solid State Radar technology has been available for decades, however, it did not penetrate into harbor surveillance, VTS and related applications for cost and technical reasons. Technically, the main challenge is that dynamic requirements to radar in littoral waters and build up regions are much higher than to other radar applications. Those challenges have now been met and combined with well-renowned advantages from the Terma SCANTER product range. Methods are further refined and implemented on a new technology platform. The result is a software-defined radar series, tailored to individual market segments, virtually unrestricted by dynamic constraints. The digital radar concept with software-defined functionality makes the set-up of the radar easy. Furthermore, Interference rejection against disturbance from radars on ships passing nearby the radar has also proven effective, and the dynamic range has proved to be sufficient to eliminate any artefacts from a high number of large buildings and other structures in an operational area. Operational tests have been performed with impressive results.