SLAR 100

The SLAR 100 is used primarily to measure ice flows and other weather monitoring duties, but can be adapted to military use as a maritime patrol radar. The SLAR 100 displays data both on a screen and on film for later analysis. The SLAR 100-equipped Dash 7 aircraft normally operates at altitudes of between 5,00 and 10,000 feet. The system has a maximum range of 100 km on either side of the aircraft, capable of producing map-like imagery in swaths of 25 km, 50 km or 100 km, at...