New solid-state radar employs Ku-band phased array technology to detect small UAVs. Numerica on 18 February launched a new solid-state 3D radar called Spyglass for C-UAS and short-range air defence missions. The company worked with fellow US-based firms Liteye and NEOTech on development of Spyglass. Liteye will be the exclusive distributor of the radar. According to Numerica, the simultaneous transmit and receive design of Spyglass offers an advantage over traditional pulse Doppler radar technology, which can fail to detect close-range threats. ‘Spyglass was born out of our first-hand experience with gaps in the short-range radar market,’ said Nate Knight, VP of air and missile defence at Numerica. ‘The rapidly-growing autonomous drone threat presented an opportunity to turn our attention to building a new radar from the ground up… [by] applying our proven radar processing and tracking technologies in new ways.’