Low Power RADAR

There's a new hot cake in tracking systems. For such far-out drone missions as, say, autonomous cheeseburger delivery to become reality, we'll have to track the small, low-flying vehicles in the sky. Conventional radar coverage peters out if you dip much below 3,200 feet, which is where Raytheon's new Low Power Radar (also known as Skyler) comes in. The compact unit—less than one-meter-square—scans for objects using a radar system similar to those used in modern fighter jets. Networks of these devices set up on cell towers, buildings, and hills will be far cheaper than the large, moving radar dishes that now scan our airspace. At least no more of gigantic metal plates that span our country sides . Looks like a solid transition and we hope military around world buy into it.