Specialists of the Institute of Aviation Instrument Engineering Navigator (JSC Navigator) have developed a meteorological radar station Meteor, designed to replace similar foreign-made equipment on helicopters and turboprop aircraft. This was reported by the general director of the enterprise Sergey Baburov
According to him, the station has a number of competitive advantages and preparatory work is now underway to test the meteoradar.
“The station has a large energy potential, providing excellent detection range of typical targets, can see wind shear and turbulence, which is a unique functionality in the class of lightweight monoblock radars,” said Sergey Baburov.
The new radar can detect dangerous meteorological formations that can affect flight safety, detect ground objects for navigation purposes and small-sized objects on the surface background. Meteoradar can be installed on helicopters and turboprop aircraft, including Mi-8/17 family helicopters of all modifications, Baikal, Ladoga and Il-114-300 airplanes.
At the moment Meteor is being prepared for factory tests. The company’s designers are considering the possibility of expanding the functionality of the product. In particular, the introduction of synthetic aperture mode, the use of dual polarization to determine the nature of meteorological formations and the underlying surface.
Earlier it became known that the collision avoidance system in the air (SPSV/TCAS), also created by specialists of Navigator, will be installed on civil aviation aircraft in late 2023, in particular on the SJ-100.
