Leonardo’s advanced sensors in the new issue of POLARIS Innovation Journal

The 51st issue of POLARIS Innovation Journal is online, dedicated to the world of electromagnetism and Leonardo’s sensors for observation and surveillance applications. In particular, the new issue focuses on innovative applications and algorithms that are increasingly pushing the limits of technology, producing cutting-edge solutions that ensure Leonardo a leadership position in the sector. A result also obtained thanks to constant investments in Research and Development to improve the capabilities of sensors, making them increasingly precise, resistant to interference and difficult to detect.

POLARIS Innovation Journal issue 51 provides a comprehensive overview of the latest technologies that can improve the performance of electromagnetic, optical, and infrared sensors. A special focus highlights the combination of innovative materials and sophisticated camouflage techniques, in order to make observation and surveillance systems increasingly “invisible” to enemy detection.

Other insights are dedicated to AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) antennas and their innovative testing methods, to customised microwave filter design activities, to stealth technologies that reduce aircraft visibility with nanostructured coatings for adaptive thermal camouflage and with radar-absorbent materials (RAM), and to the infrastructure for monitoring experimental helicopter flights, in real time and in safety.

Finally, the topic of sensor integration on board platforms is illustrated, through the use of Computational Electromagnetic Modeling (CEM), which allows the design of solutions to optimise the compatibility of the sensors themselves and minimise interference between electromagnetic fields, physical objects and the surrounding environment.