New contract wins for Kelvin Hughes highlight full versatility of its SharpEye™ SxV security radar
Kelvin Hughes, a world leader in the design and supply of navigation and security surveillance systems, today announces that it has a number of recent wins, including new contracts for the supply of security systems based on its SharpEye™ SxV radar. A lightweight version of the company’s X-band Long Range SharpEye™ radar, the SxV features the same solid state transceiver technology and offers the same ability to detect small, slow moving targets even in the most adverse weather conditions.
SharpEye™ SxV radars and CxEye™ display and interface software licences have been procured by C4 Planning Solutions LLC, of Blythe, Georgia, USA for the supply of ground surveillance radar and training to the Kenyan Defence Forces in Nairobi. The systems will be deployed for border surveillance and defence against illegal border movements, trafficking and terrorist activities. SxV radar is the latest innovation from Kelvin Hughes. A lightweight X-band solid state radar, it is capable of being man portable and provides 360 degree coverage in all weather conditions.
Working with Italian partners A.ST.I.M. S.r.l. and Fabio Fiorucci S.r.l, Kelvin Hughes is supplying SharpEye™ SxV radars to provide complete surveillance coverage of the Goro lagoon, located about 80 kilometres northeast of Bologna in the Adriatic Sea. Known for its €multi-million clam farming operations, the lagoon is an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) requiring protection from poachers, illegal harvesting and other operations that threaten the habitat of the clams.
Located on the shore and providing 360 degree coverage of the entire lagoon, the radar is combined with electro optic cameras and controlled and monitored from a local control room using an A.ST.I.M. developed operator platform that utilises the Kelvin Hughes CxEye™ software.
A similar SxV system has been in operation with the Maryland Natural Resources Police in the US since last year. Used to monitor oyster sanctuary waters in Chesapeake Bay, the system made possible the arrest of two poachers within days of it being implemented. SxV radar provides a highly cost effective wide area surveillance capability.