Developers: | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) |
Date of the premiere of the system: | 2025/04/16 |
Branches: | Electrical and Microelectronics |
2025: Introduction of a mobile laboratory for testing radar systems
MIPT In developed a mobile laboratory for testing radar systems. The university announced this on April 16, 2025.
The mobile station based on the GAZ A31R32 van, created by PISH FALT MIPT specialists, allows you to test radars in the field without being tied to stationary training grounds.
The development of more advanced radar systems is necessary to solve many problems: airspace control, including the detection of low-flying stealth objects, the conduct of operational surveillance in the radar range from manned or unmanned aerial vehicles, the development of systems for mutual positioning of drones and other autonomous means. However, often radar tests require stationary polygons and complex infrastructure, which limits the speed of their development.
The mobile laboratory of MIPT engineers solves this problem. With its help, you can test equipment directly in the field, as close as possible to full-scale operating conditions. From the outside, it looks like a regular van that provides high carrying capacity and cross-country capacity in difficult conditions.
The station is a complex of equipment that allows a large cycle of operations. It consists of a high-performance server slot for working with cards and data processing. It can be used to analyze information from radar and improve target recognition algorithms. The set of radio links provides communication with on-board computers and control objects: drones, autonomous vessels and ground equipment.
The development also includes an unmanned aerial vehicle of the GRANT-M aircraft type, manufactured by NPCC NOVIK-91 LLC. In real time, it transmits an image of the area at a distance of up to 70 kilometers.
An important advantage of the development is nonvolatile independence. If there are no energy sources at the test site, an independent generator will provide power to all plant systems, as well as the necessary comfort for operators for several hours.
Thus, if earlier for testing radars it was necessary to carry equipment to stationary landfills, now it is possible to conduct tests of systems at the place of work, quickly adapt them to operating conditions: weather, interference, terrain. This makes it possible to reduce the time for the development and commissioning of new equipment.
The new mobile laboratory is one of the key elements of the test base, providing convenience and necessary functionality during field tests of the equipment.