Advanced Surveillance Products from Plextek

DW : Please describe your key products meant for the homeland defense and internal security applications.

Mr. Nick Booth: Blighter surveillance products address a broad range of security requirements in the defence, homeland security and civil/commercial markets. Blighter radars are part of advanced Plextek technologies that provide class-leading protection against both conventional and asymmetric/terrorist threats. There are 2 products in the range – the Blighter B202 Radar and the Blighter B400 Series Radar

DW : What are the latest technologies in this field, particularly that developed by your company.

Mr. Nick Booth: Blighter Radars: Detect very slow to very fast moving vehicles and persons Contain no moving parts for high reliability Use electronic scanning for ultra high reliability Give day/night 24 hour operation Give excellent coverage across all types of terrain Blighter B202 Radars are: Lightweight and compact radar suited to medium range, man-portable and mobile applications Blighter B400 Series Radars are: Long range radar suited to fixed, mobile and portable applications Modular scanning from 90 degrees to 360 degrees

DW : What according to you is the market potential for the range of products you manufacture? How much of this market has been tapped so far in various countries.

Mr. Nick Booth: The market potential for these products is massive. We sell through in- country system integrators as well as direct to the end user. Any large area of land (or calm water) which needs protecting from potential threats such as terrorists, drug smuggling or any other insurgency; perimeter security of all kinds, special force team protection, airport perimeter security and protection, border security.

DW : What are the key markets you are aiming at-Asia, America, Middle East- please highlights.

Mr. Nick Booth: We are aiming at America and the Middle East, but to some extent Asia as well.

DW : Who will be your key customers- it is the government or the private sector.

Mr. Nick Booth: Government, Private and Defence sectors

DW : Are governments more inclined to spend on homeland defense and internal securty equipment now than they were a few years ago?

Mr. Nick Booth: In our view, there has been a change in governments’ willingness to spend on homeland defence due to the significant threats in our current times. But the length of the sales process in these markets still takes its time, even for Urgent Operational Requirements (UORs) which inevitably slows the final sale to companies like ourselves.