SAR-MTI + EO/IT Cross-cueing!
Thanks, pr00ne, I realise that the roles of Wedgetail are indeed different to the role of Sentinel.
When I said we’d be better off with Wedgetail, that’s what I meant. It’s a better use of money and people.
The ELINT capability it will provide is a decent target cueing facility, especially when used alongside other assets.
The experience gained on Sentinel will be useful to the operators of the General Atomics Lynx radar on the Protector RPV’s.
I am grateful to Lima Juliet for mentioning, indeed demonstrating, the SAR-MTI capability of the Protector,
I wasn’t sure how much of this information is already ‘out there.’
The one- foot resolution SAR image is simply astonishing,
and with the ability to cross-cue an EO/IR sensor it surpasses everything that Sentinel tried to achieve.