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HTZ Warfare offers radar simulation

Raytheon Systems Ltd. is one of the world leaders in the supply of Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radars (MSSR) for Air Traffic Management (ATM). Over 200 of its systems are in use worldwide.

Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) differs from Primary Surveillance Radar in that it relies on the co-operation of the target. It does not simply register the echo returned by the target in response to a radio frequency pulse. A Secondary Radar transmits a radio signal on a certain frequency, to which the aircraft responds on a different frequency.The reply can contain useful information such as target identification, height and other flight parameters.

Raytheon Systems is frequently required to model the performances of MSSR systems for installation worldwide. Customers can either prepare sites that they wish to use for their radar equipment or seek guidance on the best site location. HTZ Warfare helps to decide on the best site according to infrastructure and environmental considerations.

The significant increase in site surveys being undertaken led Raytheon to automate its coverage prediction processes. The company purchased the HTZ Warfare (Radar) product to assist in the generation of coverage diagrams required to support existing and future business. Before the tool was made publicly available, a user guide and default parameter files were produced to ensure both ease of use and consistency of modelling across projects.

Once the system was set up, modelling the radar coverage became simply a matter of obtaining the relevant digital terrain maps and then entering the co-ordinates and site parameters.