"STM Behind-the-Wall Radar (DAR)", which was developed by STM with national resources and enabled the rescue of more than 6 citizens from under the rubble during the February 50 Earthquakes, started its duty in Erzincan, following the Denizli Metropolitan Fire Department.
STM Defense Technologies Engineering and Trade Inc., which has developed advanced technologies and national solutions in the Turkish defense industry, continues to bring the systems it has developed in the field of defense to the civilian field.
STM added the STM Behind-the-Wall Radar (DAR) system, developed for military and civilian use, to the inventory of Erzincan Special Provincial Administration with its updated configuration. DAR's usage training was given by STM to the personnel working in Erzincan Special Provincial Administration and it started its duty as Live Detection Under Debris Radar. Thus, DAR's second civilian use address became Erzincan. Civil defense teams affiliated with Erzincan Special Provincial Administration will actively use DAR in search and rescue operations. The system entered the inventory of Denizli Fire Department in recent months.
STM General Manager Özgür Güleryüz said, “Our national technology, Behind the Wall Radar, which we developed to enable our security forces to detect live targets inside the building during special operations and added to the inventory of our security forces, detected the location of more than 50 citizens under the rubble during the earthquake we experienced last year and enabled their rescue. At the point we have reached today, after Denizli Fire Department, we have added DAR to the inventory of Erzincan, which is located in the earthquake zone. "Erzincan Special Provincial Administration will be able to benefit from DAR in search and rescue efforts in disasters such as earthquakes, avalanches or fires," he said.
Saved More than 50 Lives in the Earthquake
DAR is used to obtain two-dimensional location information of fixed and moving target elements in closed spaces where visual access is not possible, through Ultra Wide Band (UGB) signals. DAR can operate in military scenarios such as hostage rescue, counter-terrorism and internal security operations; It can also serve actively for civilian purposes such as search and rescue activities after various disasters such as earthquakes, avalanches and fires, and the fight against human trafficking and immigrant smuggling.
DAR, which was actively used in search and rescue missions during the February 6 Earthquakes based in Kahramanmaraş, determined the location of more than 50 people under the rubble and ensured their rescue. The system can detect the location of the creature under the rubble from its breathing movements, breathing, hand and arm movements, and micro-macro movements. DAR, which weighs 6,5 kg, instantly transmits the RF signals it emits to the device whether there is a living thing behind the wall/obstacle, at a depth of 22 meters, and can determine how many meters deep and at what point the living thing is. Designed to be used by a single person, the national system also has the feature of being placed in the target area with the help of a tripod or similar tools and can be remotely controlled with a tablet. DAR can operate continuously for more than 4 hours with its battery technology.