HSWERX, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) innovation hub, selected MatrixSpace Radar to provide advanced air detection to support uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations. The technology has potential applications across a variety of mission environments, including the DHS Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency.
Due to the limitations of flying larger UAS in the National Airspace System (NAS), the project sought to identify small UAS (sUAS) with onboard sensors that meet Federal Aviation Administration guidelines for safe Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations. Enabling smaller UAS (Group III and below) to operate safely in the NAS with BVLOS capabilities significantly enhances their ability to conduct comprehensive monitoring of secure, often large and remote locations. Due to its compact size and powerful detection capabilities, MatrixSpace Radar was selected as the onboard sensor, supporting BVLOS Detect and Avoid (DAA) operations.
HSWERX Program Manager Christina Heard said: “The DHS Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency is tasked with securing a wide range of large, complex, often remote locations. To support this mission, CBP required a solution with powerful Detect and Avoid capabilities for flight operations. After a demonstration facilitated by HSWERX, CBP selected MatrixSpace Radar to advance BVLOS DAA technologies. After this initial integration phase, we are eager to move into sUAS payload packaging, flight testing, and data collection for the complete DAA system in support of CBP.”
Lori DeMatteis, Chief Revenue Officer at MatrixSpace said: “This was a rigorous selection process with clear and demanding criteria. We are honored to have been chosen for this significant initiative and excited to demonstrate our capabilities to facilitate the challenging situations in which CBP and other agencies operate.”
MatrixSpace provides affordable, AI-enhanced sensor solutions for situational awareness, unlocking advanced, large-scale drone operations, and protecting infrastructure from security threats. Its solutions detect objects immediately with high degrees of accuracy, allowing for rapid response and countermeasures. Its products combine cutting-edge radar sensors with additional technologies and AI-edge processing to sense, detect, and classify objects in any outdoor situation while enabling comprehensive compliance reporting.
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This is something the ADF should be looking at, not specificity this system but towed Artillery in General, The SP 155mm Huntsman the ADF is acquiring is great but I don’t believe they will be enough. I know that the general rule of thinking is that Towed Artillery is obsolete, I disagree and this article supports that belief. The RAA has almost around 45 155mm Howitzers added to the 20 Huntsman( which I believe are ear marked for Armoured support with the Armoured Corps) that is pitifully small. The ADF Reserves 9th Regiment is 6 Battery’s equiped with mortars. At last count I believe those Six Battery’s share around 170 odd Pieces . Missiles are good but expensive Artillery rounds are much less expensive and are as accurate ( though shorter range).Long Range Impactful Projection ( to quote the MOD/ DPM ) is all and good but Missiles aren’t the only answer.