Brazilian Navy inaugurates first coastal surveillance system
The Brazilian Navy has inaugurated its first Unidade de Vigilancia Costeira coastal surveillance unit, represented here in this model. (Victor Barreira)
The Brazilian Navy inaugurated the first Unidade de Vigilancia Costeira (UVC) coastal surveillance unit on 2 July, the General Directorate of Navy Materiel told Janes .
Designed to detect, locate and identify criminal activities such as drug trafficking and illegal fishing, the UVC contributes to the protection of critical Brazilian infrastructure in the State of Rio de Janeiro, such as the Madeira Island Submarines Base located at the Naval Complex of Itaguaí, and the nuclear power plants located in Angra dos Reis.
It represents the Brazilian effort to control and protect the country's 5,7 million km² of jurisdictional waters.
Focused on long-range identification and tracking of surface ships, the UVC is located at the Farol de Castelhanos, in Ilha Grande, Municipality of Angra dos Reis, State of Rio de Janeiro.
The UVC principally includes a fixed tower, a container-based power supply unit, a container-based command and control module, a Closed-Circuit Television system (CCTV), and a solar panel infrastructure, according to the Directorate of Navy Programs Management.
The tower principally mounts an ICS Technologies STRAITMASTER X-band surveillance radar with 44.5 km range, ICS Technologies MAKA gyro-stabilized remotely-controlled multi-sensor high-resolution electro-optical surveillance system with 20.4 km range, a range of antennas for different applications, anemometer, LoRaWAN (Long-Range Wide Area Network) gateway with 18.5 km range, and an ADSB-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast) receiver.
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