Foliage penetration radar

Carabas is designed to enable superior foliage and camouflage penetration FOPEN capabilities, wide area surveillance and automatic target detection. The system is based on low-frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar SAR and change detection technology and it also exploits polarimetric sensing. Monitoring forested areas has always been an important requirement in military operations. Especially since highly maneuverable units often deploy and act from deep concealment in forests or, in open terrain, are concealed by camouflage. Conventional airborne surveillance techniques, including electro-optical sensors and microwave radars, cannot detect targets hidden beneath foliage or camouflage netting. Carabas, on the other hand, provides unparalleled foliage and camouflage penetration FOPEN performance assuring state-of-the-art complete ground situation detection capabilities that meet the most demanding requirements.

Modern warfare has changed from the days when battles were fought on large battlefields. Now more often than not governments and security forces are battling insurgent activities carried out by forces that hide men and materials under the cover of foliage. In several parts of the world it has become increasingly necessary for security forces to acquire the capability to see, remotely from the air, what is hiding under the forest cover. Foliage Penetrating Synthetic Aperture Radars provide precisely this capability.

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SRC engineers develop both airborne and ground-based radars that can detect moving targets through dense foliage. Our unique foliage penetrating radar capability has been demonstrated in single and double-canopy environments inside and outside the continental U. This advanced technology can detect dismount targets moving under heavy foliage, preventing enemy combatants from hiding and engaging in covert operations. Mounting the radar on an airborne platform provides stand-off, persistent, wide-area foliage penetration surveillance and detection and tracking of dismounts and vehicles.