TRACER addresses the U.S. Army’s critical need to have long-range, wide-area detection of targets, facilities and enemy equipment. Using dual-band low frequency synthetic aperture radar, TRACER can immediately downlink images and processed results from Predator-class unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to ground units in all-weather, day or night conditions. As conceived, the TRACER radar will be able to provide imagery of targets under camouflage, concealment and deception conditions, and supports detailed, wide-area topography mapping in complex environments such as jungles and rough terrain. The TRACER program is an evolution and expansion of Lockheed Martin’s legacy foliage penetration (FOPEN) technology, which was developed in the late 1990s to detect vehicles, buildings, and large metallic objects in broad areas of dense foliage, forested areas and wooded terrain. SRC’s IMPLICIT+EXPLICIT Architecture provides TRACER with compute-intensive reconfigurable processing in a compact form-factor. The IMPLICIT+EXPLICIT Architecture allows users to execute existing code, or easily develop and compile new codes, to take advantage of the power of the reconfigurable MAP processors in the system. The SDP designed for TRACER is comprised of a multi-MAP system that weighs 80 pounds, consumes less than 600 watts of power and measures 20”D x 17”W x 10”H while being functionally equivalent to about 100 Power PCs for this application.
Satnews Daily
November 11th, 2008
SRC TRACER Capabilities For Predator Type UAVs Shipped To U.S. Army
SRC Computers, Inc. has shipped the first on-board signal data processor (SDP) for Lockheed Martin’s Tactical Reconnaissance and Counter-Concealment Enabled Radar (TRACER) program.
TRACER addresses the U.S. Army’s critical need to have long-range, wide-area detection of targets, facilities and enemy equipment. Using dual-band low frequency synthetic aperture radar, TRACER can immediately downlink images and processed results from Predator-class unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to ground units in all-weather, day or night conditions. As conceived, the TRACER radar will be able to provide imagery of targets under camouflage, concealment and deception conditions, and supports detailed, wide-area topography mapping in complex environments such as jungles and rough terrain. The TRACER program is an evolution and expansion of Lockheed Martin’s legacy foliage penetration (FOPEN) technology, which was developed in the late 1990s to detect vehicles, buildings, and large metallic objects in broad areas of dense foliage, forested areas and wooded terrain. SRC’s IMPLICIT+EXPLICIT Architecture provides TRACER with compute-intensive reconfigurable processing in a compact form-factor. The IMPLICIT+EXPLICIT Architecture allows users to execute existing code, or easily develop and compile new codes, to take advantage of the power of the reconfigurable MAP processors in the system. The SDP designed for TRACER is comprised of a multi-MAP system that weighs 80 pounds, consumes less than 600 watts of power and measures 20”D x 17”W x 10”H while being functionally equivalent to about 100 Power PCs for this application.
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TRACER addresses the U.S. Army’s critical need to have long-range, wide-area detection of targets, facilities and enemy equipment. Using dual-band low frequency synthetic aperture radar, TRACER can immediately downlink images and processed results from Predator-class unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to ground units in all-weather, day or night conditions. As conceived, the TRACER radar will be able to provide imagery of targets under camouflage, concealment and deception conditions, and supports detailed, wide-area topography mapping in complex environments such as jungles and rough terrain. The TRACER program is an evolution and expansion of Lockheed Martin’s legacy foliage penetration (FOPEN) technology, which was developed in the late 1990s to detect vehicles, buildings, and large metallic objects in broad areas of dense foliage, forested areas and wooded terrain. SRC’s IMPLICIT+EXPLICIT Architecture provides TRACER with compute-intensive reconfigurable processing in a compact form-factor. The IMPLICIT+EXPLICIT Architecture allows users to execute existing code, or easily develop and compile new codes, to take advantage of the power of the reconfigurable MAP processors in the system. The SDP designed for TRACER is comprised of a multi-MAP system that weighs 80 pounds, consumes less than 600 watts of power and measures 20”D x 17”W x 10”H while being functionally equivalent to about 100 Power PCs for this application.