Raytheon—a leading U.S. defense contractor with North Texas facilities in McKinney, Richardson, and Dallas—has announced the initial production launch of its new SharpSight multi-domain surveillance radar. The next-gen system will provide high-altitude, real-time, high-resolution imaging with wide-area search and tracking for land and maritime surveillance, operating day or night in any weather condition, the company said.
The RTX business (NYSE: RTX) said work on SharpSight will be primarily performed at the Raytheon facility in McKinney, north of Dallas.
Raytheon’s SharpSight system [Photo: RTX]
Said to fuse the capabilities of two of Raytheon’s “proven radar families”—the Highly Integrated Synthetic Aperture Radar (HISAR) and the SeaVue Multi-Role Radar (SVMR), SharpSight is designed to be rapidly integrated on a variety of manned and unmanned systems. Its open architecture enables “inexpensive, rapid upgrades, ensuring operators remain ahead of emerging threats,” the company said.
“This radar represents the next step in Raytheon’s long legacy of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance innovation,” Dan Theisen, president of Advanced Products and Solutions at Raytheon, said in a statement. “By merging the proven capabilities of HISAR and SeaVue, we’re delivering a flexible, exportable and affordable radar system designed to outperform on the most demanding multi-domain surveillance missions.”
Aiming to deliver ‘high-altitude precision and persistence’
SharpSight is designed for “high-altitude precision and persistence,” Raytheon said, enabling critical missions such as anti-surface warfare, border protection, coastal monitoring, search and rescue, long-range surveillance, and more.
The radar system conforms with the latest U.S. Government export policy guidance, the company noted, enabling these advanced intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to be offered to global partners and allies.
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