Important result of Leonardo for electronic scanning radar: sold over 40 Osprey

(To Leonardo)
16/07/18

The family of electronic scanning radar (Active Electronic Scanning Array - EASA) has so far registered orders of 40 systems from eight different customers. A market share destined to grow rapidly, thanks to the competitive advantage provided by the radar, the only one without moving parts in its category, able to guarantee complete coverage at 360 degrees. This important result was announced by Leonardo during the Farnborough aerospace exhibition.

The Osprey is on board the new Leonardo AW101 helicopters for search and rescue of the Norwegian Air Force and was selected by the US Navy to equip the new remotely piloted helicopters MQ-8C Fire Scout. The success of the Asprey is due to the combination, made possible by the AESA technology, of high performance with reduced maintenance and support costs.

Osprey is derived from Leonardo's Seaspray family of electronically scanned surveillance radar, serving the 2005 in various Armed Forces and civilian agencies around the world. Leonardo's AESA sensors, sold in 30 Countries, are today the international reference standard for this type of radar and represent an area of ​​excellence for the company, which has applied this technology in an innovative way to surveillance.

Electronic scanning involves using an array of hundreds of miniaturized radar modules to direct the discovery beam electronically, instead of physically pointing the radar antenna to a target. The extreme speed of movement of the beam makes it possible for the radar to perform several tasks at the same time, for example to perform maritime surveillance and at the same time monitor the weather conditions along the plane's route. Leonardo's AESA radars support air-to-air and air-to-ground missions, using advanced operating modes, including the ability, based on a proprietary patent, to identify small targets.