Leonardo's Active Electronic Scanned Array technology will be on board Saab's new Surveillance System (SRSS) GlobalEye, officially presented last week in Linköping, Sweden. Leonardo's Seaspray electronic scanning radar, thanks to advanced operating modes, will allow the GlobalEye system to carry out surveillance missions with a superior ability to identify objectives that are difficult to see.
Seaspray is an electronic scanning radar, a technology that allows the use of an array of miniaturized radar modules to direct the beam of discovery electronically, instead of physically aiming the radar antenna towards a target. Thanks to the excellence achieved in this technology, Leonardo's Seaspray and Osprey surveillance radar families represent the perfect combination of high performance, reliability levels and highly competitive management costs, as well as being easy to install and use. Radars can perform several tasks at the same time, such as maritime surveillance and at the same time monitor the weather conditions along the plane's course.
Chosen by 30 international customers, Leonardo's AESA avionics surveillance radar is an international success. The 7500E Seaspray is in service at the US Coast Guard while the Seaspray7000E equips the AW159 Wildcat helicopters of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom; the Seaspray7300E is on board the Italian Air Force's ATR-72 aircraft and the Seaspray5000E has recently been selected by the Bangladesh Navy for anti-smuggling and anti-pollution missions. The Osprey is on board the new AW101 helicopters for search and rescue of the Norwegian Air Force and has been selected by the Navy
US to equip its new remotely piloted helicopters MQ-9C Fire Scout. Leonardo's AESA surveillance radar ensures air-to-air and air-to-ground capabilities, using advanced operating modes, including the distinctive ability to identify small targets.
