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FOLPEN
(redirected from Foliage Penetration)

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FOLPENFoliage Penetration (radar)


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Moreover, future payloads could include systems such as the Defense Advanced Projects Agency's (Darpa) Foliage Penetration Reconnaissance Surveillance, Tracking and Engagement Radar (Forester), which is designed to see through tree canopy and paint targets such as troops and vehicles moving below.
Wright said that the panel urged the Defense Department to spend more money on new systems such as foliage penetration (FOPEN radar and precision signals intelligence (SIC-NT) to be used for targeting.
The TRACER program is an evolution and expansion of Lockheed Martin's legacy foliage penetration (FOPEN) technology, which was developed in the late 1990s to detect vehicles, buildings, and large metallic objects in broad areas of dense foliage, forested areas and wooded terrain.
 
 
 
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