Blighter, a UK firm specializing in advanced radar systems, has clinched a renewed contract with a military client in Southeast Asia to deploy its B400 series radars for border surveillance missions.
Under the agreement, the radars will be mounted by a regional systems integrator on specialized army vehicles, enabling rapid repositioning to border zones experiencing increased infiltration. In more remote or inaccessible areas, the units can also be trailer-mounted or set up on tripods.
Blighter highlights that its radars are entirely solid-state and contain no moving parts, which simplifies their transport and configuration across shifting border environments.
James Long, Blighter’s CEO, remarked that the firm’s technology has long been in service with the customer, and that the new contract will help broaden surveillance coverage across varied terrain, including mountains, dense forest, deserts, and coastal zones.
To support the radar hardware, Blighter will supply its AI-driven BlighterNexus platform, designed to integrate with existing sensors and provide a unified operating view across strategic border sectors.
Blighter asserts that the addition of these radars will significantly enhance situational awareness, enabling operators to detect, track, and classify small surface and near-ground aerial threats—such as people, vehicles, and drones—in real time, even under challenging environmental conditions.
The B400 radar is built with modular construction and operates on low-power electronic scanning using FMCW (frequency-modulated continuous wave) technology. It delivers a 360° scanning capability and can detect moving targets (including slow crawlers) at distances up to 32 km.
Blighter notes that its systems are already trusted in several defense settings—such as by the UK Ministry of Defence for forward operating base protection, by the South Korean Army for DMZ surveillance, and by the U.S. Air Force for drone detection.
