AEROSTAR: Enhancing Security with High-Performance Persistent Surveillance

Toby Hess, Vice President

A leader in the design and manufacturing of highly technical aerospace and defense solutions, the company specializes in providing a suite of novel radar systems for three distinct domains—maritime, land, and airborne—all of which hold significant implications for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR).

AEROSTAR’s radar systems empower their clients to accomplish dynamic ISR missions and surpass them, providing an advanced level of situational awareness and intelligence. In the maritime domain, AEROSTAR’s services encompass airspace search and surveillance, vessel detection, and navigation and guidance. In the land-based sector, the company focuses on border protection, with a particular emphasis on tracking vehicles and dismounts by implementing moving target indicator technology.

“At AEROSTAR, our unwavering commitment lies in providing innovative technology that enhances security through advanced persistent surveillance, via advanced signal processing capabilities” says Toby Hess, the Vice President of AEROSTAR Radar Solutions.

Through their radar systems, AEROSTAR empowers decision-makers in the aerospace and defense sectors, enabling them to accomplish their missions via actionable intelligence and real-time situational awareness.

ISR capability has always played a vital role in warfare and mission-critical operations. Balancing cost versus performance remains a pervasive challenge in the aerospace and defense industry. The need to maintain or enhance capability in the face of constant budget pressure has become a limiting issue in both procurement as well as operations and maintenance budget areas. In addition, the increasing pervasiveness of UAV and UAS platforms will continue to add pressure to already strained budgets as these systems will be fielded in large quantities.

In the face of these challenges, AEROSTAR’s radar systems shine. Their expertise lies in optimizing the trade-off between cost and performance. Through their intellectual property and customized software, they achieve impressive target acquisition and tracking in cluttered environments using CMOTs radar hardware at an affordable price point. This capability caters to customers seeking cost-effective solutions for specific applications, allowing for greater precision in evaluating and identifying perilous scenarios, regardless of weather conditions or altitude.

At the heart of AEROSTAR’s radar systems lies vStorm, a web-based common operating picture that offers low latency and efficient data transmission. This unique system facilitates remote operations, via networked interfaces. vStorm provides a flexible user interface, enabling operators to process, exploit, and disseminate information collected from multiple radar systems, thereby enhancing situational awareness.

This harmonious combination of advanced software and a web-based user interface allows AEROSTAR to excel in the emerging field of unmanned sensors, effectively meeting the unique needs of its clients. Leveraging its custom radar processing software, AEROSTAR can seamlessly integrate its radar systems with a client’s existing ISR solutions, be it manned systems, UAVs or UAS, off-the-shelf solutions, or custom requirements.

At AEROSTAR, our unwavering commitment lies in providing innovative technology that enhances security through advanced persistent surveillance, via advanced signal processing capabilities

AEROSTAR’s success can be attributed to its unwavering commitment to research and development. The company invests substantially in internal R&D annually, focusing on technology accelerators that empower its solutions to address market challenges and demands. By staying at the forefront of technological advancements, AEROSTAR remains poised to meet the evolving needs of its clients.

A recent example of their forward-thinking approach is their foray into multi-sensor integration, where they employed vStorm to overlay cameras in EO/IR systems with their specific radar systems to enhance the functionality of the ISR field.

Driven by these remarkable capabilities, AEROSTAR is set to redefine what is achievable with ISR radar solutions—usability, affordability, and availability—by offering both existing and new customers a high-performance radar system that is as powerful as it is accessible. By continually pushing the boundaries of innovation, AEROSTAR seeks to enhance security, empower decision-makers, and contribute to a safer and more secure world.

AEROSTAR stands as a beacon of excellence in security and surveillance. Their radar systems, designed and crafted with precision, bring forth a new detection and situational awareness era. With their focus on intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, AEROSTAR enables their clients to surpass the limitations of traditional systems, soaring above the rest, enhancing security with their exceptional radar solutions.