Radar on Chesapeake Bay

On 19th February Kelvin Hughes announced that it has supplied SharpEye™ Solid State X Band surveillance technology to the Maryland Natural Resources Police (MNRP) to enhance their enforcement network in protected areas.

The Chesapeake Bay antenna

This network monitors illegal activity across 3,100 miles of Maryland coastland, including oyster sanctuary waters in Chesapeake Bay. Such solid state radars are able to detect small, low-radar cross section targets such as boats used by poachers.

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The Kelvin Highes radio transceive