Blighter Surveillance Systems participated as one of the industry contributors in the Defence Academy’s AeroSystems Master of Science (MSc) programme, giving a presentation to students on the application and development of radars for security and surveillance purposes, and the roles of SMEs in the defence supply chain, including a demonstration of counter-UAS radar capability. The group of students were from the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Navy and were accompanied by Flt Lt Nick Dehnel, AeroSystems Directing Staff, from the Defence Academy’s Technology and Business faculty. 

The course is run by the Defence Academy in partnership with Cranfield University and is aimed at preparing future leaders from across the Services for roles in test and evaluation, requirements management, and in support of 5th generation air platform mission systems.

Blighter hosted the visit at a facility in Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Among those attending were Mark Radford, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, and James Long, Chief Operating Officer.

The demonstration showed how the Blighter A402 e-scanning radar looks for air and land targets and identifies them using Doppler signature detection capability, and emits an audio signal according to target type.

“Blighter is at the forefront of technology development for e-scanning radar and counter-UAS solutions and we are very pleased to have been able to support the Defence Academy in this important multi-domain education programme for the next generation of military leaders”, said Mark Radford. “The students will go on to have a great deal of interaction with industry in their future roles as requirement managers and technical advisors particularly, in the ISTAR and UAS domains; we hope that our participation in the MSc programme will have broadened the students’ understanding of radar technology and the capabilities they bring to addressing the threats posed by the malign operation of UAS.”

Counter-UAS Radar Capability

The A400 series air security radars are optimised for the detection of small drones carrying video cameras, wireless communication systems, narcotics, explosives and other malicious payloads. A400 series radars use D3 (Digital Drone Detection) technology that enables them to extract the tiny radar reflections from modern plastic bodied UAVs even when flying close to the ground or near buildings where clutter reflections are relatively large. Blighter’s Ku-band operating frequency is ideally suited to detecting the small structures used to construct compact UAVs such as the control wires, battery pack, motor and wireless communications system.

A400 series radars are capable of detecting small drones at ranges from 10 m to more than 3 km, and larger drones and aircraft at ranges up to 20 km. Drone speeds ranging from hover-drift to more than 400 km/h are all detected. Target tracking software and extensive zone filtering facilities allow drones to be detected while reducing false alarms from birds

It is now less than one week until Blighter Surveillance Systems exhibits as AUSA’s annual meeting for 2020. AUSA Now 2020 takes place fully online as a virtual event and attendee registration for next week’s show is open now to qualified participants (please see details below).  This virtual event takes place next week, from Tuesday 13 October to Friday 16 October 2020 (the exhibit hall is open from 08:00 – 15:00 Eastern Daylight Time).

Blighter will be exhibiting its full range of ground-based radar systems, including the recently launched A800 3D Drone Detection Radar. Blighter radars are used in more than 35 countries around the world, delivering 24/7 security protection along national borders and coastlines, at military bases, and to protect manoeuvre force missions when deployed on military land vehicles and trailers.

Running alongside the 450+ booth virtual exhibitor hall will be a comprehensive conference programme, with a full agenda of webinars, webcasts and roundtable events taking place. More details of next week’s schedule can be found on AUSA’s website via the following links:

• Conference Schedule
• Webcast & Roundtable Events

AUSA NOW 2020 Registration

As a private association, AUSA reserves the right to deny admission or to cancel any registration without explanation. Registrants at AUSA Now should have an “identifiable relationship” with AUSA. The following are examples of acceptable demonstrations of such a relationship:

• AUSA Membership
• Any member of the US Armed Forces or their immediate family
• Employee of an exhibiting company
• Employee of an AUSA National Partner or Community Partner
• Civilian or contracted employee of the Federal Government
• Member of a U.S. military or veteran association
• Member of the military forces of foreign nations, or civilian embassy employee
• Military Cadet (service academies or JROTC/ROTC, OCS)
• Media
• Member of a Federal, State, or municipal law enforcement agency, a firefighter,
  or an EMT/EMS

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It is now less than one week until this year’s Farnborough International Airshow 2020 goes live as a virtual event – ‘FIA Connect’.  There are five days of online sessions and events taking place from Monday 20th July to Friday 24th July.  FIA Connect is a virtual programme of free-to-attend conferences, networking, and promotional opportunities.  Registration is free for Trade Visitors – click here to register. 

Farnborough International Airshow 2020 Sessions

Discover the exciting line up of topics and speakers already announced for the FINN (Farnborough International News Network) Sessions here.

In addition, ADS will host a wide range of events designed to amplify the interests, concerns and impact of these industries on the world stage. This programme of conferences, webinars, panel discussions, and spotlight events is designed to represent industry and assist in driving forward innovation and growth across all sectors, with ADS at the forefront of these activities.  ADS represents and supports over 1,100 UK businesses operating in the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors.

Full details of the ADS events agenda can be found here.

Meet the Buyer Programme

For the 2020 event, the organisers have introduced a brand new bespoke matching system which will significantly increase the relevance of meetings and the compatibility between the buyers’ procurement requirements and the suppliers’ offerings. New software, plus direct input from buyers, supported by due diligence, means a much more strategic matching process.  

The organisers are looking to build on the success of the 2018 Meet the Buyer Programme where over 900 face-to-face meetings took place, resulting in £11.4m worth of business being generated over the two days.

Encompassing the entire aerospace and aviation supply chain, this year’s Meet the Buyer Programme covers:

• • Aerospace
  • Defence
  • Space
  • Security
  • MRO
  • Airlines
  • Airport services/equipment

More details of the Meet the Buyer Programme can be found here.  Do contact us to meet with a member of Sales & Business Development team.

At Blighter, we are closely monitoring the evolution of the Coronavirus. The health and well-being of our people and partners is our highest priority. We are taking all possible actions to ensure business continuity, despite the disruption and uncertainty COVID-19 brings to our activities.

We are following the recommendations of UK government and have implemented appropriate instructions in our facilities to minimise the impact on our stakeholders and communities.

COVID-19 & Rescheduling of Events, Conferences and Exhibitions

We are also aware that a large number of the national and international events, conferences and exhibitions that we were due to attend during 2020 are either being either postponed or cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The current status of these events is as follows:

• SOFIC 2020 – scheduled for May 2020
• Eurosatory 2020 – scheduled for June 2020
• Passenger Terminal Expo 2020 – postponed until June 2020
• DPRTE 2020 – postponed until September 2020
• CTX Counter Terror Expo 2020 – postponed until September 2020
• World Border Security Congress – postponed until November 2020
• World ATM Congress 2020 – cancelled (next event scheduled for March 2021)
• AUSA Global Force 2020 – cancelled (next event scheduled for March 2021)
• Fulmination 2020 – cancelled (next event scheduled for 2021)

In less than five weeks time, Security and Policing 2020 will open its doors in Farnborough.  Visitor criteria has been broadened for the 2020 event.  For the first time, security and resilience professionals from UK registered companies that provide security solutions are now able to register for free.  (Please note that registration must be made using an official UK company email address.)

Security and Policing 2020 is the official UK Government global security event, offering a world-class opportunity to meet, network and discuss the latest advances in delivering national security and resilience with UK suppliers, colleagues and Government officials.  The event takes place between 3 – 5 March 2020. 

300 Exhibitors at Security and Policing 2020

Over 300 exhibitors will showcase their latest products and services, along with a variety of product demos, panel discussions and immersive experiences addressing security and law enforcement challenged faced in the UK today.  Blighter Surveillance Systems will be exhibiting its range of world-leading electronic-scanning radars and surveillance solutions on stand B25.

Hosted by the Home Office’s Joint Security & Resilience Centre, the three day event is attended by senior Government officials and it is planned there will once again be an unrivalled line-up of senior keynote addresses led by Ministers.

Led by senior UK Ministers, there will be a strong line-up of Keynote Addresses on driving change and impact through policy at Security and Policing 2020.

Keynotes Programme

Speakers at the event will also include key senior officials from the National Security Secretariat, the Home Office and other Government departments and associated agencies, including, amongst others:

• Office of National Security Adviser
• Director General, Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism, Home Office
• Chief Scientific Adviser, Home Office
• Director General, National Crime Agency (NCA)
• Assistant Commissioner Specialist Operations, Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)
• Chief Operating Officer, Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism, Home Office
• Director Protect and Prepare, Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism, Home Office
• Director of the Department for International Trade Defence and Security Organisation (DIT DSO)
• Head of Joint Security and Resilience Centre (JSaRC)
• Head of Security and Cyber Exports, DIT DSO
• Head of Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA)
• Home Office Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE)

Blighter’s Geoff Moore (Business Development Manager) will be speaking at the 5th Annual Executive Security and CP (Close Protection) Technology Forum.  Also known as the ‘Close Protection Summit’, it is due to be held in London on 30 January 2020 at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms from 08:30 to 17:30.

Geoff will be participating in the discussion panel, ‘How can or should we adequately prepare for UAV and UGV attacks in a corporate security context?’.

Blighter Surveillance Systems is a world leading designer and manufacturer of electronic-scanning radars and surveillance solutions. Our solid state micro Doppler radars are deployed in 35 countries to deliver round the clock all-weather protection along borders, for coastal facilities, at military bases, and to guard critical national infrastructure such as airports, oil and gas facilities and palaces.

The Blighter family of radar products can be used to detect a wide variety of moving objects including: crawling and walking persons, land vehicles, boats and low flying aircraft (including drones/UAVs). The radars use a microwave radio signal to scan areas of air, land or water which can extend up to 32 km in range and up to a full 360° in azimuth.

To secure your place at the Close Protection Summit, please visit this Eventbrite link.  For more details of the forum, please click the this link or the image below.

Blighter Surveillance Systems features in the latest episode of Jonny Gould’s SME Walkabout. Jonny tours the UK in search of the greatest stories from the SME sector, to hear tales of triumph and tears, innovation and disruption and getting that big idea to the next level.

In this episode, we hear how an engineering and design consultancy started in a back bedroom is now taking on the world. Blighter’s radars and surveillance systems counter the threat of drones at Gatwick and guard troops and even palaces across the globe. Clients include NATO and the US Military. Their moment is now. Listen to CEO Angus Hone and CFO Tracy Sambrook on how they’ll make it.

This series is proudly sponsored by BOOST&Co.

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