IMSAR

IMSAR is democratizing radar by producing Low Size, Weight, and Power (Low SWaP) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems for integration with unmanned aerial vehicles and drones. The company’s lightweight, compact radars provide all-weather, day-or-night, wide-area sensing that actively fills critical intelligence gaps left by traditional Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) and Electronic Warfare (EW) payloads. By delivering reliable geospatial intelligence across expansive areas, including through cloud cover and other environmental obscurants, IMSAR brings advanced radar capabilities typically reserved for much larger platforms to the tactical edge.

IMSAR’s radar ecosystem allows users to plan their flights, collect images, and turn radar returns into actionable intelligence with a variety of easy to interpret data products such as high-resolution SAR images, Coherent Change Detection (CCD) products, and Moving Target Indicator (MTI) feeds.

NSP-2 Synthetic Aperture Radar

Multi-mode & multi-domain UAV SAR-Capable Radar

Designed for Group 1 and 2 UAS, the NSP-2 is an extremely lightweight multi-mode SAR/MTI radar payload that provides actionable intelligence for ground and maritime environments.

Requiring only power and Ethernet, the easy-to-operate NSP-2 can be controlled via IMAR’s intuitive Lisa 3D Command and Control (C2) and Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) software. A Radar Control API is also available for easy integration with third-party and custom-developed software suites.

The NSP-2 can be connected to a Ground Processing Server via a datalink for real-time data processing, or radar data can be stored onboard the pod for post-mission processing.

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NSP-3 Synthetic Aperture Radar

All-weather multi-mode radar for UAVs

Requiring only power, ethernet, and a connection to a GPS antenna, the easy-to-operate NSP-3 can be controlled via IMSAR’s intuitive Lisa 3D Command and Control (C2) and Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) software. A Radar Control API is also available for easy integration with third-party and custom-developed software.

The NSP-3 can be connected to a Ground Processing Server via a datalink for real-time data processing, or radar data can be stored onboard for post-mission processing.

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NSP-5 Multi-Mode Radar

Tactical MTI/SAR-capable radar for land and maritime operations

Requiring only power and ethernet, the easy-to-operate NSP-5 can be controlled via IMSAR’s Lisa 3D Command and Control (C2) and Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) software. A Radar Control API is also available for easy integration with third-party and custom-developed software suites.

The NSP-5 can be connected to a Ground Processing Server via a datalink for real-time data processing, or radar data can be stored onboard the pod for post-mission processing.

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NSP-7 Long-Range Radar

Extended-range radar for large UAVs

The NSP-7’s rugged weatherproof pod requires only power, ethernet and a connection to a GPS antenna, and can be attached with MIL-Spec 14” lug mounts or via an adapter plate to the pod’s strongback rail. IMSAR can also design custom integration solutions for specific UAVs.

The easy-to-operate NSP-7 can be controlled via IMSAR’s Lisa 3D Command and Control (C2) and Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) software. Developers can also take advantage of a Radar Control API for easy integration with custom-developed or third-party software.

The NSP-7 can be paired with either an onboard Airborne Processing Server, or via a datalink to a Ground Processing Server, for real-time data processing. Radar data can also be stored on board the pod for post-mission processing.

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NSP-8 SAR/MTI Radar

Ku-band multi-mode radar for Group 4–5 UAS

The single-pod NSP-8 integrates a high-precision IMU to enable stable deep-look imaging, and provides vehicle detection to 39 km and maritime surveillance detection and geolocation to 225 nautical miles.

The radar interfaces via Ethernet with airborne or ground processing servers and can be controlled through Lisa 3D or a radar control API for integration with third-party software. Standard data outputs include KML, complex NITF, STANAG 4607, and STANAG 4676, enabling interoperability with existing PED and C2 environments.

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Lisa 3D – C2 & PED Software for actionable intelligence

Fully integrated mission planning and multi-sensor data processing

Lisa 3D is a fully integrated software package that provides intuitive mission planning and data handling for multiple sensors. It allows operators to perform real-time analysis of data from radars, EO/IR payloads, vessel AIS and a variety of other sources and generate actionable intelligence for improved decision-making.

Drone operators can create detailed data collection plans for multiple sensors and modes, and use these to generate flight plans. Lisa 3D provides real-time tracking of sensors and monitoring of flight characteristics, and mission plans and collection modes can be dynamically altered on the fly.

Lisa 3D supports a wide range of file types for import and export, and data products from multiple sensors can be easily viewed, annotated and marked.

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Applications & Capabilities

Maritime Monitoring

IMSAR’s radar systems allow UAVs to monitor maritime and littoral environments with wide-area searches, automatically detecting objects and discerning vessels and semi-submersibles from background sea clutter.

Moving Target Indication (MTI)

Using multiple receive antennas along the length of a UAV, MTI radar systems can analyse the Doppler effect of the reflected signals, distinguishing between moving and stationary objects and providing real-time tracking of multiple fast and slow moving targets.

Coherent Change Detection (CCD)

CCD uses images of the same scene captured during multiple UAV flights and calculates the changes that have occurred over time, providing vital intelligence that may be missed in a single pass.