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General Atomics Demonstrates Lynx Multi-Mode Radar’s Ability To Detect Very Small Vessels

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) successfully demonstrated the ability of its Lynx Multi-Mode Radar to detect and image very small vessels during the Navy’s Trident Warrior 2012, the company said in a statement. The Lynx was able to detect such vessels as fast boats, sail boats and fishing boats using its Maritime Wide Area Search (MWAS) mode. GA-ASI’s Claw sensor payload operator control software cued the Lynx MWAS radar to targets in coordination with the Navy’s AquaQuIPS multi-INT, ship track…

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