EW Europe 2018: ERA sees expanding role for passive sensors
Czech sensor specialists ERA is seeing expanded uses for its VERA-NG passive radar technology beyond traditional EW functions, evolving to surveillance missions and utilisation in ground-based air defence (GBAD) networks.
In the current security environment where radars are seen as potentially vulnerable to sophisticated electronic or kinetic attack, militaries are seeking ways to bolster their detection capabilities and augment active sensor technology.
Traditionally, the VERA-NG has been used for electronic intelligence gathering; soaking up the RF emissions from various platforms to build an electronic order of battle as well as sovereign threat libraries.
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