The Ground Observer 80 (GO80) addresses the stringent and demanding needs for surveillance, reconnaissance and target acquisition of the Armies, Navies, Border Guards, Coast Guards and Security Forces.
The Ground Observer 80 offers the ultimate performances of Ground Surveillance Radars in a very compact and light package: 24 km detection range on pedestrians, and up to 80 km on larger targets, high resolution thanks to its large antenna and 2000 range gates down to 10 m width. This unsurpassed combination of range, coverage, accuracy, and resolution is achieved independently of the scan angle, thus allowing surveying 360° at once and with the same performances across the whole coverage.
Long Range Ground & Coastal Surveillance
- Coast, Battlefield, Borders or High Value Assets/Camps
- Highest performance allowing reconnaissance under the most
- difficult conditions
- Portable for mobile or off-board vehicle operation
- Successor to proven BOR-A 550/560 family with > 400 systems
- worldwide in service
The Thales GO 80 is used e.g. by the Finnish Naval Reconnaissance Company for the forward deployed surveillance of the coastal regions. After detection of an enemy ship, its coordinates are transmitted to the own coastal artillery. The GO 80 radar squad then supports the batteries by adjusting their indirect fire onto the target.
Watch the video (use of GO 80 from minute 03:00)