SPL, or passive radar, will track even "invisible" aircraft with stealth technology. A satellite terminal called Cobalt, which can be freely rebuilt. Built utilizing widely available and inexpensive land components, the drone code name Kuna. Today, the next 3 products awarded have XXXII MSPO in Kielce with Defender laurels.
In 1997 organizers International Defence manufacture Salon in KielceIn order to make the event more attractive, they decided to introduce a note of sporting competition to it and to reward Defender's outstanding innovation, originality and utility qualities with the honors of defence products. The competition jury deciding on which of the solutions presented in a given year for MSPO are the most worthy of honour, consists of representatives of the Prime Minister's Office, Offices of National Security, Ministry of Defence; abroad Affairs; Home Affairs and Administration; improvement and Technology; Education and Science, as well as Representatives of the Polish Army and Uniform Services, i.e. Police, Border Guard, Fire Department.
This year, the jurors have awarded the Defenders 10 products and present we present the next 3 winners.
Invisible to Adversary
Passive Location strategy (SPL) developed a consortium created by PIT-Radwar SA (the consortium leader), AM Technologies sp. z o.o. sp.k. and Warsaw University of Technology. As its designers emphasize, SPL is simply a passive radar, 1 that is undetectable to the opponent. In order to detect hostile flying objects, it does not send into space any electromagnetic waves (so in the language of radio-technical troops, it “does not glow).
SPL locates aircraft, helicopters and drones utilizing 2 systems – PCL (Passive Coherent Location) and PET (Passive Emiter Tracker). The first uses the alleged occasional transmitters, e.g. digital tv or mobile telephony, reflecting electromagnetic waves from aircraft. The second strategy detects electromagnetic waves from electronic devices installed in aircraft, specified as radars, alien recognition systems (IFF) or radio stations.
Kuna
Another defence product awarded by the Defenders' jury is the configurable standalone multitasking platform Kuna, developed by specialists from the consortium, headed by the Military Institute of Armoured and car Techniques, which besides form the companies Chema DS sp. z o.o. and Mista sp. z o.o.
Kuna creators emphasize that it is the consequence of the conclusions and experiences of the ongoing war in Ukraine. This robot is to be not only reconnaissance support for soldiers, but besides fire and logistics erstwhile needed. Importantly, for these highly different tasks the device is to be easy adaptable – by changing the tower system, which can be replaced within respective minutes. The advantage of the robot is besides the ease of repair and service.
The chassis and drive were created utilizing widely available and, consequently, inexpensive solutions, specified as sensors and the weaponry system, which are commercial products and can be replaced by other, likewise operating ones.
Cobalt
The last of the solutions presented today, awarded to the XXXII MSPO, is simply a defensive product, which users besides have large possibilities to reconfigure according to their own needs and expectations. Developed by engineers from GISS sp. z o.o. modular satellite terminal SatPack Cobalt allows the operator of the communication strategy to rapidly replace satellite modems, so that the terminal can work with transmitters from 5W to 40W and in X, Ku and Ka bands.
Cobalt's advantage is comparatively tiny weight. Due to the fact that the terminal with an antenna with an aperture of 1 m weighs about 20 kg, only 1 soldier is adequate to transport it.
