Raytheon HISAR recce system for South Asian customer

Raytheon has been awarded a contract worth more than $10 million by an unspecified customer in South Asia to deliver a complete HISAR reconnaissance system.

Under the contract, Raytheon will provide one Beech King Air 200 turboprop aircraft, a HISAR synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) system, ground station, spares, training and technical support. Delivery is scheduled to be complete before the end of 2002. To date, more than 22 HISAR systems have been sold.

HISAR provides customers with an advanced ground mapping and surveillance capability that is similar to the technology used on the U-2 spy plane. The X- band radar weighs approximately 250 kg, including the onboard workstation, and is designed for installation on almost any business-class turboprop or executive jet aircraft, or suitable unmanned aerial vehicles.

The system provides precise imagery and intelligence under almost any weather condition. During the typical modes of operation, the radar provides wide-area moving target indication, narrow sector searches, strip and spot searches, and sea surveillance. The system can be used for a wide variety of mission applications including border surveillance, coastal surveillance, oil spill detection, disaster assessment, and economic exclusion zone monitoring.

There are also a large number of integrated options that can be added to the HISAR system to meet a customer's unique requirements. Some of these options include forward-looking infrared (FLIR), long-range optical sensor, and a variety of enhanced radios, datalinks, and ground stations.

Variants of the HISAR system are currently operational in the US Army's Airborne Reconnaissance Low-Multifunction (ARL-M) program.

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