YUMA PROVING GROUND, Aria. - Telephonics, a subsidiary of Griffon Corp, announced the successful completion of a round of testing for the Rotorcraft Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) project at the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) event at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. An EH-60L helicopter was flown to create simulated DVE/brownout conditions, including sand and dust, while evaluators gathered and shared information on the various sensor solutions.
Telephonics had interest in the event in the form of its 35 GHz Test Demonstrator Radar. During all testing, the 35 GHz Radar achieved positive awareness results in the DVE/brownout environment.
The company believes that 35 GHz is an optimal frequency for DVE environments, providing the requisite resolution needed for clear imaging. With the positive results, Telephonics hopes its radar is the one chosen to enable aviators to navigate through sand, dust, and other visually degraded conditions at longer ranges.
Additional radar testing was conducted at Telephonics' Long Island, NY facility prior to the tests at the Yuma Proving Ground. In previous testing, the radar detected both manmade and natural obstacles, as well as terrain features in dense fog, snow, and whiteout conditions.
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