ICx in contract for specialty radar system for robots

ICx Technologies has secured from General Dynamics Robotic Systems a multi-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) follow-on contract for the Mobile Detection Assessment and Response System (MDARS) Intruder Detection Radar Sensor. MDARS, a program of the Army’s JPEO-CBD PM Force Protection Systems, is a nimble robotic patrol force on wheels, designed to perform random patrols around Department of Defense warehouses, airfields, ammunition supply depots, and port facilities. It detects intruders and determines the status of inventory, barriers, and locks. The radar will be based on ICx Technologies’ high resolution STS-350 radar, but will have the added ability to scan at a higher angle with further range. The initial award is for five systems, with additional quantities in the out years. “We are pleased to be able to provide this mission-critical radar for MDARS,” said Pierre Poitevin, president ICx Radar Systems. “We’ve partnered with General Dynamics Robotic Systems on this project for quite some time now, and we continue to upgrade our products to fit our customer’s mission and needs.”

ICx manufactures sensitive ground-based security radars with the ability to detect slow moving, even crawling, targets in a variety of environments. ICx also provides thermal cameras, video C2, and analytic software, and integrated systems. The company also offers the SkyWatch and Cerberus Towers, which can be outfitted with all the above for wide-area-surveillance or perimeter protection.