MERLIN has a documented record in reducing bird strikes, increasing safety and reducing aircraft damage and delay costs at both military and commercial airfields. MERLIN is also the only bird radar system to have been evaluated and certified for real-time, tactical flight safety use by the US government (NASA and the USAF) and is the only bird radar approved for and in use at a commercial airport control tower under national flight safety standards. The MERLIN technology includes a wide range of unique features and benefits not available with any other system:

Operational, production-model technology

Real-time display of bird activity with the higher available update rates

Precise, tactical, automated bird-aircraft strike risk alerts to controllers & pilots

Mobile, real-time information displays for airfield bird control units

Detects birds from ground level to above aircraft operational altitudes

Full 3D airspace coverage & data

State-of-the-art solid-state S-band Doppler radar technology

Reliable bird detection in up to moderate fog, rain & snow conditions

Military-grade bird detection tracking algorithms & clutter suppression

Real-time target filtering by size & mass for hazardous bird activity