Coalescent Technologies is in a multi-year contract to design and deliver the next-generation
of Radar Environmental Simulators (RES) for the U.S. Marine Corps. This “next-generation“ device serves to stimulate fully-operational tactical radars, providing the US military with equipment to baseline radar performance as well as serve as a complete operator training environment. Initially designed to operate on the USMC AN/TPS-59(V)3 radar set, this “next-generation” contract will apply the proven technology to all future radars in the inventory.
Coalescent’s unique solution to the next-generation approach was the integration of proven off-the-shelf Radar Simulation Software, with a re-configurable rugged VME chassis and radar Intermediate Frequency (IF) signal injection. Coalescent is providing the design, development, integration, test, documentation, delivery, and initial training for this new system.
The system provides the Marine Corps with the ability to inject simulated Air Breathing Targets (ABTs), Tactical Ballistic Missile (TBM) targets, clutter, and interference into the radar’s processing system. The Marine Corps receives an extremely robust analysis tool in determining the radar’s response to specific threats in various environments without a requirement to physically move the system. Additionally, the RES will provide the Marine Corps the capability to train, at the using unit level, various ABT and TBM deployment scenarios without the cost of having to fly actual aircraft or launch actual missiles. |
