Manage your electromagnetic environment from the air to master your operational theater with instantaneous 3D geolocation of radio transmitters
In an evolving threat landscape, national organizations are looking for V/UHF localization sensors to enhance their surveillance and intelligence capabilities.
However, many ISR aircraft currently in service have aging sensors that rely on traditional azimuth-based direction finding. As a result, the detection of ground emitters' azimuth requires a few minutes – whereas modern threats are discrete: they are mobile and do not communicate much.
To resolve this operational challenge, national organizations can now provide their forces with UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) equipped with next-generation CESM sensors that deliver instantaneous 3D geolocation.
Avantix embeds its historical know-how in airborne signal processing.
FlashHawk is a cutting-edge COMINT C-ESM solution for instantaneous 3D geolocation from the air. It combines azimuth, elevation and digital ground mapping for instantaneous geolocation of ground emitters.
With an optimised capacity/size ratio, the FlashHawk system can be mounted on various types of airborne platforms such as UAVs, balloons, aeroplanes and helicopters, providing an easy-to-deploy system.
Developed to face airborne ISR mission challenges, FlashHawk meets border surveillance, anti-terrorism, search and rescue and defense operations requirements with instantaneous and reliable tactical intelligence.
- FlashHawk combines spatial coverage of 360 ° in azimuth, 180° in elevation and a digital ground map to provide instantaneous and precise 3D geolocation.
- Processing of various communication emitters on the ground at the same time to deliver the big picture, even in a dense environment.
- When FlashHawk is connected to an IMINT sensor, detected emitters can be video tracked in real-time to provide relevant intelligence to operators in a single user interface.
- Focused on the 30 MHz – 3Ghz band, FlashHawk processes V/UHF push-to-talk, radio, satellite phone and mobile phone emitters from the first burst. This means that even very short duration communication will be detected, characterized and localized.
- With an innovative technology based on radio frequency analysis and geolocation through signal envelope processing, FlashHawk ensures reliable and instantaneous tactical intelligence.
- The compact FlashHawk system makes integration easy on diverse airborne platforms, in compliance with military standard requirements.
- Via a datalink connection, FlashHawk can also be integrated on UAVs and ensure air/ground transmission.