TERMA Radar for Ground Surveillance

Designed to fulfil the ICAO

recommendations

Designed to achieve
performance similar to
Ku-band systems

München Airport

Surface Movement Radar

SMR – International references
Single

Single Semi-redundant

Single Frequency Diversity

Dual redundant

Dual Frequency Diversity

Dual Redundant Frequency

Diversity

System Configurations Dual Redundant X-band

(SMR)
Fully integrated remote control,
remote BITE and remote set-up
facilities

Terma-supplied maintenance PC
Local control and status

Control & monitoring as an

integrated part of the Command
Centre

Remote Control & BITE

Versions: Fixed circular (CP) polarisation
Vertical beam: Fan Beam or Inverse Cosec2
Narrow main beam: 0.36o
Low side lobes: Below -35 dB, outside +/-10o
Gain Fan Beam: 37 dB
Gain Inverse Cosec2: 36 dB

21’ SWG CP Antenna

21’ SWG Circular

16 mm rain

1 m2 target

Single Frequency

Performance
Circular polarization

1 m2 target

Frequency Diversity

Performance
21’ SWG Circular

30 mm rain

Frequency Diversity

Coverage: ≥4700 m

Coverage 30 mm/h with FD

21’ SWG Circular

50 mm rain

Frequency Diversity

Coverage: ≥4000 m

Coverage 50 mm/h with FD

Frequency Diversity operation
improves the target detection
with 8-10 dB
Direct path cancels the rain due to
integrated cancellation in the
circular polarised antenna with 15
dB

Reflected un-cancelled rain reduces the

integrated cancellation with 6-8 dB

Frequency Diversity
 SWG Antenna

Squint angle F2

F1 Squint angle F1
am

F2
Be

ma
Be

Frequency Diversity
Max. 12 m + 1 pixel
range resolution

Max. 18 m + 1 pixel
azimuth resolution
@ 2 km

Resolution
Simultaneous transmission
on two frequencies

Reduces the effect of

bounces from the ground

9.170 / 9.438 GHz

Automatic fall-back mode

(Dual redundant)

Frequency Diversity
Example of Radar raw video
Bruxelles Airport
Bruxelles Airport
 Paris Orly

Schiphol

Paris CdC

München
Copenhagen
Frankfurt

SMR Radar sites

Bruxelles Airport
Munich Airport
Aeroports de Paris – CdG / Orly
Frankfurt Airport
Copenhagen Airport
Guarulhos Airport Sao Paolo
Calgary Airport - Canada
Flexible system configurations

Superior performance

Full remote control

Easy interface

Easy installation

Cost effective solutions

Why Terma SMR ?