Radar equipment to detect small, slow moving objects is\nbeing installed at the University of Birmingham as part of a demonstration\nintended to test and prove the precision of quantum-enabled radar detection\ncapabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A key part of keeping everyday life secure is being able to\ndetect dangerous or unsafe situations before they occur. Quantum enabled radar\ntechnology research, undertaken by academics at the UK Quantum Technology Hub\nSensors and Timing, aims to do precisely this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Quantum Technology Hub is led by the University of\nBirmingham and partnered with the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Sussex,\nImperial, Nottingham, Southampton as well as the National Physics Laboratory\nand the British Geological Survey. It has a close focus on industrial\ncollaboration and partnership and. in line with this, the radars are being\ndeveloped and installed by Aveillant, a radar technology company whose mission\nis to move radar technology into the information age by powering a full digital\npicture of the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The radar technology is being installed at the top of an engineering building on campus and is dependent on the Hub\u2019s compact atomic clock oscillators. These oscillators provide the high precision and low signal noise required for the radar to detect small, slow moving objects, such as drones, at longer distances, and even in cluttered environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Radar detection is a deceptively complex necessity in the\nmodern world: it is required for a surprisingly wide range of sectors. For\nexample, high precision radar will ensure autonomous vehicles can detect\nhazards well ahead of time. Hub academics are also developing next generation\ndistributed radar systems, which will transform surveillance by providing much\ngreater coverage and maintaining real-time situational awareness in highly\ncongested and cluttered environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EPRSC-funded project Mapping and Enabling Future\nAirspace (MEFA), based at the University of Birmingham, will also benefit\nhugely from the radar installation. MEFA is a three-year interdisciplinary\nproject bringing together radar experts from across the University to study the\nuse of urban airspace. The project will investigate how radar can be used to\nstudy the effects of urban developments on migrating birds, and also to\ndifferentiate between flying birds and small drones. Data collected during the\nradar installation will be incredibly beneficial for the MEFA project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Professor Chris Baker, Chair in Intelligent Sensor Systems\nat the University of Birmingham, said: \u201cBy putting in place this highly\nsophisticated world-leading technology, we and our partners can explore a wide\nrange of advance, novel networked radar surveillance concepts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Dominic Walker, Chief Executive Officer of Aveillant,\nadded: \u201cWe are delighted that our Holographic Radars are being used in this\nprogram. At Aveillant we are always looking to push the boundaries of our\ntechnology and working with some of the UK\u2019s leading academic institutions such\nas the University of Birmingham, is allowing us to do just that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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