Northrop’s Sperry Marine, Terma to Pursue Naval Surveillance Radar Sector; Jan Hansen, Lars Weiss Laursen Comment

A Northrop Grumman business unit has teamed up with Denmark-based Terma in an effort to develop and bring new navigation tools and surveillance radars to the naval market.

Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine’s partnership with Terma intends to integrate “near, low level air and surface surveillance capability to our navigation suite, in addition to out-of-the-box compliance with International Maritime Organization requirements,” Jan Hansen, director of global business development at Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine, said Thursday.

Northrop has created a new surveillance system intended for its line of VisionMaster FT radars and is designed to interact with the Terma-built Scanter 6002 surveillance radar system.

Lars Weiss Laursen, director of radar sales at Terma, said the surveillance radar works to “detect small targets in low visibility, harsh weather conditions.”