HENSOLDT: Passive radar available as a deployable variant

The sensor solution provider HENSOLDT has developed a new version of its passive radar "Twinvis", which is now available for military use in a fully-integrated shelter version called "Twinvis Military Sheltered". So far, "Twinvis" has been available as a retrofit kit for customer integration. A manufacturing line established at the German HENSOLDT site in Ulm enables the timely supply of systems to meet the needs of existing and potential customers.

"Twinvis" is a passive radar based on the latest digital technology, which can be used in extensive military airspace surveillance or potentially in civil air traffic control. A passive radar acts as a pure receiver, meaning it does not transmit itself, but locates targets by analyzing reflected signals from existing external transmitters.

“Our fully automatic, intelligent signal processing and sensor data fusion provide armed forces with an unprecedented capability for covert operations at long distances, covering a wide range of targets including stealth threats. The 'Twinvis' is highly mobile for this purpose and can be networked in real-time, either as an autonomously operating cluster of several distributed passive radars or paired with potent air defense systems equipped with active radar sensors," says Markus Rothmaier, Head of Naval & Ground Radars at HENSOLDT.

The 'Twinvis Sheltered' can be flexibly and easily deployed on military carrier vehicles and set up and dismantled by only two personnel in the field. Autonomous operation, even without on-site personnel, is possible. The system features a powerful antenna system, processor, and infrastructure units. The modular system architecture enables, among other things, the processing of multiple digital frequency bands, providing procurers and users with growth potential and incremental upgradeability for the future. Several systems are under contract with customers within and outside the NATO.

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