Lepidoptera Passive Surveillance Complex
Lepidoptera in traveling configuration, artist's impression by farooqbhai
Lepidoptera in deployed configuration (antennae not extended), artist's impression by farooqbhai
Lepidoptera in traveling configuration, artist's impression by farooqbhai
Lepidoptera in deployed configuration (antennae not extended), artist's impression by farooqbhai
Length: 7500mm
Height: 2800 mm to top of cab
Width:[ 2500 mm
Gross weight: 20.5 tons
Engine: HM-450 450 horsepower truck engine
Top speed: 110 kph
Targets tracked, simultaneous: 120
Range: 470 kilometers
Price: $10,000,000 (with trucks), $9,000,000 [mounting system provided by user]
Add-on Armor Kit - $250,000 (for all vehicles)
Automation kit- $125,000 (for all vehicles, driving only)
DPR: 5.5 billion (excluding truck), $6 billion (including vehicle chassis)
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Description: Ultimately speaking, the threat posted by stealth aircraft, drones, and cruise missiles to the national sovereignty of peace-loving states is one of the most important security threats of the modern world, perhaps even exceeding the threat of international terrorism. The only means to maintain sovereignty in the face of long-range weapons systems and stealth aircraft capable of attacking civilian population centers and key military and civilian infrastructure from extreme range lie in the detection of such aircraft and weapons systems.
Low-observability aircraft and missiles, of course, are difficult to detect by conventional radar means – that is the very principle of their design. It is for this purpose that the Serene Power Company has designed the Lepidoptera Passive Surveillance Complex. Unlike most air defense surveillance systems, it does not make use of radar, or any other active surveillance equipment – that is to say, it does not 'broadcast' or 'emit' signals to detect targets.
Much like a Lepidoptera – a moth – avoids being consumed by bats by listening in carefully for the sounds of their echolocation, the Lepidoptera Passive Surveillance Complex deploys four Lepid-2 Surveillance Stations on Bovid trucks to receive and collect radar and radio signals in the centimeter range. The presence of multiple stations allows both listening across multiple frequencies and high-precision triangulation across frequency, height, and azimuth.(To clarify, the multifaceted antenna design of the Lepid-2 means individual stations are capable of azimuth and elevation tracking, and thus the system will not cease functioning if stations are lost - however, having multiple stations cross-checking each other vastly increases accuracy and reliability, as well as enabling coverage of a much broader frequency spectrum). The information thus collated is sent in – by secure laser tightbeam, or, more likely, by even more secure fiber-optic cable, to the Lepid-1 workstation (also on a Bovid truck). There, crew equipped with powerful computer workstations work to identify signals received from enemy communications systems, radar, targeting systems, TERCOM systems and IFF systems. From there, information can be sent to air defense stations or airfields, scrambling interceptors or preparing to fire weapons.
Unlike radar stations, the Lepidoptera is essentially impossible to target with HARM weapons, as it does not, in normal operations, emit substantially detectable radiation. However, it can fight back against the enemy in other ways – if one connects it by cable to a jamming station, it can provide the station with detailed information about enemy signals, which the jamming station can then try and jam – much like the moth 'jams' the bat's echolocation with its own pigns.
Purchase: For a sum of $10 million, you are purchasing a single Lepidoptera Passive Surveillance Complex, with five vehicles – a Lepid-1 and four Lepid-2's. For a sum of $5.5 billion, you can purchase Domestic Production Rights for the system. If you do that, our personnel will arrive in your nation and help you set up production of the complex and provide your military personnel and civilian employees with all necessary training to build, utilize, and troubleshoot the complex. Finally, for an additional sum of $1 billion (total $6.5 billion) you can also receive the necessary DPR and information to build your own Bovid trucks.
Be aware that 500 million New Dornalian Dollars from every DPR purchase are spent on the Serene Power Company's charity efforts.
Make all orders and commentary at Allanean Defense Exports!
Low-observability aircraft and missiles, of course, are difficult to detect by conventional radar means – that is the very principle of their design. It is for this purpose that the Serene Power Company has designed the Lepidoptera Passive Surveillance Complex. Unlike most air defense surveillance systems, it does not make use of radar, or any other active surveillance equipment – that is to say, it does not 'broadcast' or 'emit' signals to detect targets.
Much like a Lepidoptera – a moth – avoids being consumed by bats by listening in carefully for the sounds of their echolocation, the Lepidoptera Passive Surveillance Complex deploys four Lepid-2 Surveillance Stations on Bovid trucks to receive and collect radar and radio signals in the centimeter range. The presence of multiple stations allows both listening across multiple frequencies and high-precision triangulation across frequency, height, and azimuth.(To clarify, the multifaceted antenna design of the Lepid-2 means individual stations are capable of azimuth and elevation tracking, and thus the system will not cease functioning if stations are lost - however, having multiple stations cross-checking each other vastly increases accuracy and reliability, as well as enabling coverage of a much broader frequency spectrum). The information thus collated is sent in – by secure laser tightbeam, or, more likely, by even more secure fiber-optic cable, to the Lepid-1 workstation (also on a Bovid truck). There, crew equipped with powerful computer workstations work to identify signals received from enemy communications systems, radar, targeting systems, TERCOM systems and IFF systems. From there, information can be sent to air defense stations or airfields, scrambling interceptors or preparing to fire weapons.
Unlike radar stations, the Lepidoptera is essentially impossible to target with HARM weapons, as it does not, in normal operations, emit substantially detectable radiation. However, it can fight back against the enemy in other ways – if one connects it by cable to a jamming station, it can provide the station with detailed information about enemy signals, which the jamming station can then try and jam – much like the moth 'jams' the bat's echolocation with its own pigns.
Purchase: For a sum of $10 million, you are purchasing a single Lepidoptera Passive Surveillance Complex, with five vehicles – a Lepid-1 and four Lepid-2's. For a sum of $5.5 billion, you can purchase Domestic Production Rights for the system. If you do that, our personnel will arrive in your nation and help you set up production of the complex and provide your military personnel and civilian employees with all necessary training to build, utilize, and troubleshoot the complex. Finally, for an additional sum of $1 billion (total $6.5 billion) you can also receive the necessary DPR and information to build your own Bovid trucks.
Be aware that 500 million New Dornalian Dollars from every DPR purchase are spent on the Serene Power Company's charity efforts.
Make all orders and commentary at Allanean Defense Exports!