Tue, Dec 08, 2009
Raytheon Awarded Contract To Study Radar Blackout Zones Caused
By Spinning Turbines
Raytheon Company has been awarded a contract by the United
Kingdom's NATS, formerly National Air Traffic Services, to conduct
software modeling and field trials of technology that minimizes the
effects of wind turbines on radar signals.
"We are developing this much-needed technology with NATS to
eliminate potential radar blackout zones near wind farms and enable
the U.K. to continue its progress in developing safe, renewable
energy resources," said Andy Zogg, Raytheon Network Centric Systems
vice president of Command and Control Systems. "This contract award
is a strong endorsement of our leap-ahead technology and will
enable our customer to move forward with its greening of energy
production."
Wind farm turbines create a Doppler effect as they rotate,
creating a potential radar blackout zone. The Raytheon solution
uses hardware and software to detect the turbines on radar systems,
which eliminates interference with radar displays.
Under the $6.5 million contract, Raytheon will develop and test
advanced mitigation algorithms within its S-band approach and
L-band en route primary surveillance radars. Raytheon will also
develop and test advanced post-processing tracking algorithms,
along with a full PSR modeling and simulation capability that
validates enhancements and serves as a tool for rapid development
of future improvements.
System testing will take place in the U.K. and the
Netherlands.
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