On Monday, October 13, 2025, American company Raytheon, part of RTX Corporation, announced it has begun low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the new multi-domain surveillance radar SharpSight. This next-generation system will provide high-altitude, real-time, high-resolution imaging with wide-area search and tracking capabilities for land and maritime surveillance, operating day and night in all weather conditions.
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SharpSight combines the capabilities of two proven Raytheon radar families – the HISAR (Highly Integrated Synthetic Aperture Radar) SAR and the maritime multi-role SeaVue radar (SVMR; SeaVue Multi-role Radar) – and can be rapidly integrated with a variety of crewed and uncrewed systems. Its open architecture enables low-cost, rapid upgrades, giving users an advantage over emerging threats (MQ-9B SeaGuardian with SeaVue radar from RTX during RIMPAC exercises).
“This radar represents the next step in Raytheon’s long legacy of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance innovation,” said Daniel Theisen, president of Advanced Products and Solutions at Raytheon. “By merging the proven capabilities of HISAR and SeaVue, we’re delivering a flexible, exportable and affordable radar system designed to outperform on the most demanding multi-domain surveillance missions.”
The SharpSight system was designed for precision and endurance at high altitude, enabling key missions such as countering surface ships, border protection, coastal surveillance, search and rescue, long-range surveillance and many others. It is compliant with the latest U.S. government export policy guidelines, allowing these advanced intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to be offered to global partners and allies.
The radar’s proven detection performance combined with an automatic identification system (AIS) enables the system to detect, track and classify more than 1,000 targets, providing a significant increase in mission utility.
The air-cooled SharpSight radar provides 360-degree azimuth coverage, +5/–15 degrees elevation, and operates in the X-band with an instrumented range of 320 nautical miles (592 km). The radar has a mass of 129 kg and requires three-phase, 400 Hz input power. It can indicate ground moving targets (Ground Moving-Target Indicator, GMTI), maritime moving targets (Maritime Moving-Target Indicator, MMTI) and airborne moving targets (Airborne Moving-Target Indicator, AMTI); operate in high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mode and in high-resolution inverse SAR (ISAR) mode; and function as a color meteorological radar.
📰 NEWS: Raytheon launched the initial production of its SharpSight multi-domain surveillance radar. The next-generation system delivers new search and track capabilities for land and maritime surveillance missions. More: https://t.co/9jCugpy4yS pic.twitter.com/S1816jKfBL
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