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Selex Galileo flies AESA radar on UAV
September 8th, 2009 | DSEI 2009 | Posted by Tom Kington
Selex Galileo has test flown its Picosar active electronically scanned radar on its Falco UAV, the company said September 8.
The Picosar, which offers Synthetic Aperture Radar and Ground Moving Tracking Indicator functions, was flown in combined payload including a Electro-Optical and Infra-Red sensor, said Selex, which is a unit of Italy’s Finmeccanica.
Flights took place at Selex Galileo’s UAV facility in Wales and at the test site in Finland owned by catapault producer Robonic.
During the trials, Selex also undertook catapault launches and automatic landings of the UAV, while testing its latest ground control station, undertaking the hand over of control of the UAV from one ground station to another.