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Homeland Security

Dynetics To Unveil New Version Of Ground Surveillance Radar

By Marc Selinger

Thursday, August 11th, 2016

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Dynetics To Unveil New Version Of Ground Surveillance Radar

Dynetics, whose GroundAware ground surveillance radar is designed to provide security for critical infrastructure, will soon unveil a new short-range, wide-field-of-view version of the system, company officials said Aug. 11.The new variant, the GA360, will provide a 360-degree field of view and identify and track ground threats out to 500 to 700 meters with a single system. By contrast, the existing long-range radar, GroundAware Gen 2, has a 120-degree field of view out to multiple kilometers. In addition, the GA360’s…

Congress

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