In una recente campagna di test nel Regno Unito, il radar Osprey 50 ha volato su un B200 King Air, dimostrando l’ampia gamma di funzionalità del radar AESA di seconda generazione.
La famiglia dei radar Osprey ha riscosso un buon successo internazionale, con vendite a 12 clienti. Il nuovo Osprey 50 è la variante più grande e più performante nell’ambito della famiglia.
La tecnologia sviluppata per la famiglia Osprey è stata riutilizzata per aggiornare i radar Seaspray, garantendogli così una leadership di mercato anche negli anni a venire
Il radar a scansione elettronica (Active Electronically Scanned Array - AESA) Osprey 50 di Leonardo, nuova versione del sensore da sorveglianza Osprey, ha effettuato le prime prove in volo. I test sono stati condotti a supporto delle attività di sviluppo del prodotto, per cui è stato già espresso interesse da parte di due clienti: il primo per installarlo a bordo di una piattaforma strategica ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance), il secondo, la Collins Aerospace, per integrarlo nel sistema di ricognizione TacSAR (Tactical Synthetic Aperture Radar).
Osprey è una famiglia di radar multimodale basata sulla tecnologia a stato solido AESA ed è l'unico sistema della sua categoria attualmente disponibile che offre una copertura completa a 360° senza parti mobili. Tra gli altri vantaggi, ciò consente di installare il radar su piattaforme in cui un'antenna rotante non sarebbe adatta.
La famiglia Osprey ha riscosso un notevole successo internazionale con ordini ricevuti da 12 clienti. Osprey 50 è la versione più grande e più performante, che offre prestazioni potenziate per missioni terrestri, marittime e aria-aria. È ideale per velivoli di medie e grandi dimensioni che possono fornire lo spazio e l’alimentazione richiesti.
Osprey 50 è un’evoluzione dell’Osprey 30, modello con una solida posizione di mercato, disponibile nelle varianti a pannello fisso e mobile, molto diffuso su piattaforme ISR a pilotaggio sia tradizionale sia remoto. Caratteristiche principali del sistema sono flessibilità di installazione, costi competitivi, prestazioni avanzate.
Il radar AESA Osprey 30 è installato sul:
- MQ-8C Firescout della US Navy (denominato AN / ZPY-8),
- sull'elicottero norvegese All-Weather Search and Rescue, l’AW101 di Leonardo.
Leonardo ha riutilizzato la tecnologia sviluppata per gli Osprey per aggiornare la famiglia di radar di sorveglianza a scansione elettronica Seaspray, consentendo a quest’ultimo di mantenere, negli anni a venire, una posizione di leadership sul mercato come radar a lungo raggio per operazioni marittime. Le tecniche di elaborazione del segnale e l'hardware sviluppati per l’Osprey sono state, infatti, reintrodotte nel Seaspray per aumentarne le prestazioni e ridurre il peso.
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The new radar is a larger-aperture variant of Leonardo's Osprey surveillance radar. The flight trials were carried out in support of
production for a Strategic ISR platform and Collins Aerospace's Tactical Synthetic Aperture Radar (TacSAR) reconnaissance system, the company said in a statement Thursday.
Osprey is a multi-mode radar family based on solid-state AESA technology and remains the only system of its type currently available which delivers full spherical coverage with no moving parts. This allows the radar to be installed on platforms where a rotating
antenna would be unsuitable, Leonardo claims.
Osprey 50 could be used in overland, maritime and air-to-air missions. It is ideally suited to medium and large aircraft which can provide the required space and power. It has been developed from the Osprey 30 model, which is available in fixed-panel and gimballed variants. The Osprey 30 is installed on the US Navy MQ-8C Firescout (where it is
designated AN/ZPY-8) and on the Norwegian All-Weather Search and Rescue helicopter, the Leonardo AW101.
In addition, Leonardo has re-used Hardware and signal processing techniques developed for the Osprey family to refresh its Seaspray family of AESA surveillance radars to increase capability and reduce system weight.
19th December 2019 – Leonardo has announced the first flight trials of its Osprey 50 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, the new, larger-aperture variant of the Company’s successful Osprey surveillance radar. The flight trials were carried out in support of production for a Strategic ISR platform and Collins Aerospace’s Tactical Synthetic Aperture Radar (TacSAR) reconnaissance system.
Osprey is a multi-mode radar family based on solid-state AESA technology and remains the only system of its type currently available which delivers full spherical coverage with no moving parts. Among other benefits, this allows the radar to be installed on platforms where a rotating antenna would be unsuitable. The Osprey family has been an international success, having been sold to 12 customers. Osprey 50 is the largest and most capable variant, providing enhanced performance for overland, maritime and air-to-air missions. It is ideally suited to medium and large aircraft which can provide the required space and power.
Osprey 50 builds on the established market position of the Osprey 30 model which is available in fixed-panel and gimballed variants and has proven to be extremely popular for manned and unmanned ISR platforms. Customers have selected Osprey for its capability, flexibility of installation and affordability. Osprey 30 is installed on the US Navy MQ-8C Firescout (where it is designated AN/ZPY-8) and on the Norwegian All-Weather Search and Rescue helicopter, the Leonardo AW101. Leonardo has also re-used technology developed for the Osprey family to refresh its Seaspray family of AESA surveillance radars, ensuring that Seaspray remains a market-leading long range radar for maritime operations for years to come. Hardware and signal processing techniques developed for Osprey have been introduced back into Seaspray to increase capability and reduce system weight.
Osprey is a multi-mode radar family based on solid-state AESA technology and remains the only system of its type currently available which delivers full spherical coverage with no moving parts. Among other benefits, this allows the radar to be installed on platforms where a rotating antenna would be unsuitable. The Osprey family has been an international success, having been sold to 12 customers. Osprey 50 is the largest and most capable variant, providing enhanced performance for overland, maritime and air-to-air missions. It is ideally suited to medium and large aircraft which can provide the required space and power.
Osprey 50 builds on the established market position of the Osprey 30 model which is available in fixed-panel and gimballed variants and has proven to be extremely popular for manned and unmanned ISR platforms. Customers have selected Osprey for its capability, flexibility of installation and affordability. Osprey 30 is installed on the US Navy MQ-8C Firescout (where it is designated AN/ZPY-8) and on the Norwegian All-Weather Search and Rescue helicopter, the Leonardo AW101.
Leonardo has also re-used technology developed for the Osprey family to refresh its Seaspray family of AESA surveillance radars, ensuring that Seaspray remains a market-leading long range radar for maritime operations for years to come. Hardware and signal processing techniques developed for Osprey have been introduced back into Seaspray to increase capability and reduce system weight.
Osprey MM is a low size, weight and power (SWaP) radar system, offered with a range of antenna sizes that may include up to four fixed antennas, depending on the azimuth coverage requirement, and which leave the belly of the aircraft free for operation to and from unprepared surfaces; or for other antennas, sensors or weapon systems.
Osprey is a low size, weight and power (SWaP) radar system, offered with a range of antenna sizes that may include up to four fixed antennas, depending on the azimuth coverage requirement, and which leave the belly of the aircraft free for operation to and from unprepared surfaces; or for other antennas, sensors or weapon systems.
Osprey provides a genuine multi-domain capability, with high performance sea surveillance, notably against ‘difficult targets’, land surveillance with wide swath, very high resolution ground mapping, small and low speed ground target indication, high performance air-to-air surveillance, tracking and intercept.
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