RASAD · UNIT A · PERIMETER SENSOR MAST

The eyes we
are building.

A planned single perimeter mast designed to watch every corner of the sky with four independent sensor phenomenologies. The engineering goal: no drone class, no fibre-optic FPV, and no RF-silent threat slips through. Under active development.

§ 01 — Four Senses, One Pole

Four planned sensor layers.
Targeting zero blind spots.

01
— WIDEBAND RF-DF · target

70 MHz – 6 GHz · 4×4 direction-finding

Design goal: detect RF-linked drones — DJI, Autel, ELRS, encrypted hoppers — as the primary detection layer. Performance subject to evaluation.

TARGET RANGE · 10 KM
02
— 3D MICRO-RADAR · target

COTS radar module (candidate)

Design goal: track drones with a radar cross-section independent of RF emissions. Intended as the layer that handles jammed / RF-silent threats.

TARGET RANGE · 3 KM
03
— EO / IR GIMBAL · target

4K daylight + cooled MWIR (planned)

Design goal: optical + thermal visual PID as the layer intended to defeat fibre-optic FPVs by seeing them directly.

TARGET VISUAL PID · 5 KM
04
— ACOUSTIC ARRAY · target

8-microphone MEMS (planned)

Design goal: detect small quiet quadcopters in urban clutter where RF and radar struggle — the last-metre layer.

TARGET RANGE · 500 M
§ 02 — Key Specifications

Engineered for
the Gulf environment.

Every value in this table is a design target. No standards conformance or certification has yet been obtained.

EnclosureIP66 TARGET · POWDER-COATED AL
StandardsMIL-STD-810H / 461G TARGET · NOT YET TESTED
Operating temperature–20 °C to +55 °C DESIGN TARGET
PowerPoE++ 90 W TARGET
CommunicationsSFP+ fibre TARGET · CANDIDATE
Time synchronisationIEEE 1588 PTPv2 TARGET
Mast6 m Al / CFRP TARGET
Edge computeNVIDIA Jetson-class TARGET · CANDIDATE
CyberUAE NESA / IEC 62443-4-2 TARGET · NOT YET CERTIFIED

Why RASAD is designed
to catch what others miss.

— FIBRE-OPTIC FPV

No RF link? The EO/IR and acoustic layers are being designed to see the drone directly. Target optical PID: 5 km.

— ENCRYPTED HOPPERS

No protocol match? The radar and optical layers are being designed to track frequency-agnostically.

— SWARMS

Each mast is intended to track multiple targets simultaneously; the RASAD network will share the picture in real time via HARAS.

§ 03— Integration

Reports encrypted tracks
to any HARAS. Or any C2.

RASAD is being designed to report encrypted tracks over mTLS to any RADI HARAS appliance. The planned Open C-UAS API will allow each RASAD to cue into third-party C2 systems — with no vendor lock-in. Specific third-party integrations named on partner sites are targets pending signed agreements.

§ 04— Complete the System

RASAD is the sensor.
Every RADI product completes it.