Cambridge Pixel is providing a nation with a new country-wide air defence surveillance system. Using a customised version of the ASD-100 Air Situation Display software, the system provides comprehensive integration and visualisation of data from multiple radar sites. The multi-level solution allows individual sites, regions, and country-wide tracks to be managed.
With site visits to multiple military radar installations, the expert team from Cambridge Pixel interfaced to a range of different radar models, to access track feeds that can be fused to provide a single recognised air picture. A key component of the solution was the SPx Track Manager software that allows tracks from different sources to be corrected, filtered and converted into a common format and then distributed to both local operations centres and to a number of remote command centres.
The solution provides a full range of capabilities including radar interfacing, tracking, distribution, fusion, display, threat assessment and recording. The Threat Evaluation and Weapon Assignment (TEWA) component includes a distributed database of weapons and important assets. The threat processor applies algorithms to each target report in real-time to calculate an overall base threat score. Operators can view air-to-air or ground-to-air intercept calculations for any specific threat, helping them to make better informed decisions.
Systems used in defence need very high resilience, so many dual redundancy features are included, and the system is also continuously monitored for performance by the SPx Monitor software.
Cambridge Pixel’s engineering team also provided expert consultation on many aspects of the solution and tailored the software to meet a number of unique requirements. Operator training has also been provided as part of the project and a technology transfer agreement allows the end-user to take over the long-term maintenance and support of the system.
