Radar · Space · RCS Measurement
NORRAD AS is an independent radar consultancy. We are engaged by organisations that need to understand, measure, evaluate or develop advanced radar and electromagnetic systems — combining radar physics, RF engineering, signal processing and measurement technology built on more than 40 years of experience.
40+
Years of radar experience
2–40 GHz
Wideband RCS measurement
11 yrs
Radar research at FFI
Independent
Technical advisory
Positioning
NORRAD works where radar performance depends on physics, environment and measurement rather than on datasheets: what a target really scatters, how a system really performs at sea, whether a supplier claim really holds.
Wideband 2–40 GHz radar cross section and signature measurement, with calibration, reference reflectors and documented measurement validity.
Independent assessment of radar systems, architectures, waveforms, algorithms and measured data — including review of supplier claims.
Support across the engineering lifecycle: feasibility, concept, modelling, prototyping, trials, qualification and requirements.
Flagship capability
RCS measurement is where radar physics, RF hardware, calibration and interpretation meet. NORRAD covers the whole chain — from measurement planning and reference calibration to frequency, aspect-angle and polarisation analysis of the resulting signature.
Nine competence areas
Not a single component, and not a single application: NORRAD works from scattering physics and RF front ends through signal processing to system-level performance and procurement decisions.
Wideband 2–40 GHz measurement of radar cross section and radar signatures, with calibration, validation and interpretation of the measured result.
Complete radar systems at both system and subsystem level: architecture, waveforms, RF, and the processing chain that determines what the system can actually detect.
Radar behaviour in contested electromagnetic environments — interference, countermeasures, detectability and distributed architectures that improve survivability.
Electronically steered antennas, beam steering and advanced radar front ends up into millimetre-wave bands.
Radar performance over the sea: propagation, sea clutter, and the detection of small and low-RCS targets in difficult conditions.
Radar used as a precision instrument: interferometric phase measurement, displacement monitoring and coherent remote sensing, including SAR-related analysis.
Independent technical support across the full radar engineering lifecycle — from feasibility study to qualified, operational system.
Specialist radar expertise for detecting and tracking drones and other small aerial targets using high-resolution, electronically steered and phased-array radar concepts.
Specialist radar expertise for low-level air surveillance and air-defence applications, including multistatic radar, small-target detection, rapid electronic scanning and radar performance in contested electromagnetic environments.
Air defence & drone detection
Drones and low-level air threats are among the hardest radar detection problems: very low radar cross section, low altitude, cluttered backgrounds and, increasingly, contested electromagnetic conditions. NORRAD advises on the radar engineering behind these tasks.
Specialist radar expertise for detecting and tracking drones and other small aerial targets using high-resolution, electronically steered and phased-array radar concepts.
Specialist radar expertise for low-level air surveillance and air-defence applications, including multistatic radar, small-target detection, rapid electronic scanning and radar performance in contested electromagnetic environments.
NORRAD works as a consultancy in this field — measurement, analysis, concept development and independent evaluation — not as a supplier of operational air-defence or counter-UAS systems.
Describe the system, the measurement or the question. You will get a direct technical answer from an engineer, not a sales response.