Coastal Surveillance Solution for Indonesian Islands
Kelvin
Hughes Surveillance business have deployed two land-based radar coastal
surveillance systems in Indonesia to monitor the waters around Tual a city in
Maluku province located in Kei Islands, and Merauke a town considered to be one
of the easternmost towns in Indonesia, located in Merauke Regency, Papua
province, next to the Maro River.
The project
will be delivered in partnership with PT. Warga Kusuma Jaya, and is part of a
wider programme by the Government of Indonesia to implement a shore-based coastal
surveillance system throughout the region.
The
Indonesian island region is very demanding on radar design and is typically a
heavy rain environment.
Kelvin
Hughes’ Surveillance was engaged by PT. Warga Kusuma Jaya due to the ability of
its high-grade SharpEye™ solid state radar sensor, which outperforms other
sensor technologies, especially in bad weather and sea clutter conditions.
The coastal
surveillance solution includes the supply of the SBS-800-51 system a S-Band
solid-state SharpEye™ radar transceiver and antenna, as well as the
installation of the systems on radar masts on each island.
The SBS
radar systems are fully remote controlled, designed for continuous operation
and achieve extremely high range accuracy and target discrimination in range
and azimuth.
A further
differentiator of the SBS solid state radar solution is its full weather
adaptability – the SharpEye™ system adapts automatically to changes in the
weather and environmental conditions without the need for any operator
intervention.
As part of
the agreement, Kelvin Hughes will also provide performance training sessions to
the integration company at both its headquarters in Essex, as well as locally
in Indonesia.
Robert
Kleist, business development director of coastal surveillance at Kelvin Hughes,
said: “With over 60 Kelvin Hughes SharpEye™ solid state sensors installed in
Coastal Surveillance and VTS applications worldwide, the solution has now
become the new standard in coastal surveillance technology”.
“The
Indonesian region is typically a heavy rain environment. Target discrimination
and detection is therefore very difficult in heavy rain and high-sea state
conditions or clutter”.
“SharpEye™
through its unique pulse sequences and Doppler processing is able to manage and
reject the clutter leaving a clear radar picture, which meets the surveillance
demands and provides full situational awareness for the Indonesian coastal
authorities”.
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