The USAF plans to deploy a new Perimeter Surveillance Radar
System (PSRS), developed by Motorola Israel, as part of its homeland
security program. The radars recently completed acceptance tests
in the USA. A typical employment of such a system is protecting
aircraft parking in remote, unsecured landing zones. PSRS detects,
alerts and tracks automatically any attempt to compromise the
perimeter it secures. The radar detects walking or crawling persons,
as well as vehicular movement within a distance of 350 meters.
The system comprises two units: an 18 kg sensor and a 15 kg battery
unit, and can be set-up in 20 minutes. It operates under all weather
conditions and can be linked to external sensors and security
elements to form an integrated perimeter defense.
