QinetiQ partnered with smartmicro to support a unique and challenging use case: missile defense training. The scenario involves a drone, simulating an incoming threat, that is intercepted at sea – requiring highly accurate altitude detection under extreme conditions. With flight speeds of up to 200 meters per second, the mission demands not only precise height detection but also robust, reliable technology.
QinetiQ needed an altimeter that could withstand salt spray, shifting temperatures, and reduced visibility – and still deliver real-time, accurate altitude measurements and found the solution in smartmicro’s 24Ghz Micro Radar Altimeter Sensor:
- housed in a robust and watertight enclosure
- unaffected by pitch and roll angles of up to ±20 degrees
- operating in temperatures from −40 °C to +85 °C
- delivering true height-above-ground measurements, even in low visibility