Detection, classification, and tracking performance designed to meet the demands of modern air defense operations.
Phantom Array detects autonomous, RF-silent drones that generate zero emissions during flight. Where conventional RF detection systems see nothing, our passive bistatic architecture reveals the threat.
Detection ranges extending to operational distances that provide meaningful early warning against approaching threats. Performance scales with target characteristics and local conditions.
Simultaneous exploitation of multiple illumination sources provides detection redundancy. Targets that scatter weakly in one band may produce strong returns in another.
Resolution scales with illumination band, from tens of meters at lower frequencies to meter-level precision at higher bands. Multi-band fusion provides composite position estimates.
Extended integration times extract weak targets from noise. Phase-coherent processing maintains precision over intervals measured in seconds, enabling detection of low-signature platforms.
Not everything that moves is a threat. Birds, ground vehicles, and environmental clutter all produce radar returns. Phantom Array's neuromorphic classifier analyzes micro-Doppler signatures—the fine Doppler structure imposed by moving parts—to distinguish drones from false alarms in real time.
Where conventional passive radar processors consume hundreds of watts, Phantom Array's neuromorphic architecture operates under six watts. This 100× improvement in power efficiency enables genuinely distributed, covert sensor networks—nodes that deploy by hand, operate unattended for days, and reveal no signature.
Permanent deployment at high-value sites. Receiver mounts on existing infrastructure; decoy emitters install at perimeter. AC mains provides continuous power.
Vehicle-mounted or man-portable configurations for expeditionary force protection. Decoy emitters deploy on tripods at reduced spacing. Setup time under 15 minutes.
Wide-area surveillance using 10–50 networked nodes with solar power and battery backup. Overlapping coverage provides triangulation and redundancy against node loss.
Phantom Array is designed as an air defense sensor. Track outputs feed directly to fire control systems for engagement of drone threats. Standard interface protocols enable integration with existing command and control infrastructure.