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SYSTEMFLOW AND TALON WIDEBAND SIGNAL RECORDERS
Recording solutions accelerate system development, performance and deployment
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USE CASE
UAV RF Signal Surveillance Recorder
A Global Hawk UAV needs to run surveillance of the RF landscape across a large
region of a target country to record RF signals between 10 and 1600 GHz at each
location during the flight.
The recording will be used to identify the type of radar and
communications equipment in use as the UAV flies in a
grid pattern across the region during a four hour mission.
A small form factor RF input recorder is needed, with
power consumption less than 150 watts and capable of
operating between 0OC and 60OC. The recorder requires
a GPS receiver to provide PNT signals for geographic
location and current time, which is used to periodically
time- and location-stamp the recorded RF signals.
The Mercury Talon RTX 2587 ½ ATR RF recorder fit the
requirements nicely, weighing only 20 lbs and capable
of digitizing the RF input at 4 GS/sec and recording at
4GB/sec. The recorder maximum storage capacity of 61
TB of NMVE memory housed in a QuickPac® tray easily
removable from the UAV after landing. A laboratory
off-load chassis accepts the tray for immediate
playback of the recorded signals for analysis, because
the files are stored in NTFS file format. The recorder
can record continuously at 4 GB/sec for over 4.2 hours,
thus meeting all requirements for the mission
