Blighter, a designer and manufacturer of electronic scanning array (ESA) radars, has partnered with JoongAng Advanced Materials, a supplier of industrial solutions and AI integrator, to grow its business in the Republic of Korea (RoK) and across East Asia.
Blighter has signed an exclusive Value-Added Reseller (VAR) agreement with JoongAng Advanced Materials to support and maintain its existing military radar installations on the peninsula, including more than one hundred Blighter radars deployed by the Korean Army along the 240km Demilitarised Zone (DMZ).
“With increasing geopolitical tensions, demand is growing for counter-drone (CUAS) solutions, enhanced radar surveillance for the protection of borders and the large number of coastal solar and wind farms in the region, as well as for the security of ports and critical national infrastructure sites,” said the company in a press release. Blighter solid-state radars already use advanced AI‑driven processing to detect, classify, and track people, vehicles and vessels, and near‑ground airborne threats at ranges of up to 32 km. JoongAng Advanced Materials’ AI agent will plug directly into the BlighterNexus processing hub.
Blighter’s commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) product portfolio includes 2D, 3D, and 4D radars, as well assoftware for the configuration, control, and viewing of multiple radars. Featuring Low-Probability-of-Intercept (LPI) waveforms, Blighter radars are inherently covert and built for robust fixed and mobile operation, says the company. “Its radars are trusted by the UK Ministry of Defence for forward operating base (FOB) protection, the South Korean Army for border surveillance along the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), by the United States Air Force for drone detection, by Five Eyes/NATO customers for deployment on their mobile surveillance and armoured vehicles, and the UK’s major airports for perimeter protection”.
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(Image: Blighter Radars on the Korean DMZ – Blighter)
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