Patented 360° Thermal Threat Detection for Wide-Area Security
Continuous Thermal Intrusion and Early FireDetection Across Large Outdoor Areas
Monitor Beyond, At, and Inside the Protected Perimeter
Thermal Radar™ is a patented 360° thermal perimeter monitoring platform designed to detect and geospatially locate people, vehicles, and other qualifying thermal activity across large outdoor environments. Unlike traditional fixed cameras that continuously observe only one field of view, Thermal Radar™ rapidly rotates a thermal sensor to provide wide-area surveillance from a single platform.
What Is Thermal Radar™?
Thermal Radar™ is a patented thermal imaging platform that provides continuous 360° thermal perimeter monitoring across large outdoor environments. It combines a rapidly rotating thermal sensor, onboard edge analytics, configurable detection rules, geospatial mapping, and security-system integration to identify qualifying thermal activity throughout the monitored area.
Unlike traditional visible-light cameras that depend on usable lighting, Thermal Radar™ detects heat signatures during both daytime and nighttime. Unlike fixed visible-light and thermal cameras that continuously monitor only one field of view, Thermal Radar™ rotates through configurable station stops to create a panoramic thermal view of the surrounding property.
This wide-area approach allows organizations to monitor from the inside out—beyond the protected perimeter, at the perimeter, and inside the protected area. Thermal Radar™ can also continuously detect multiple qualifying people, vehicles, or intrusion events occurring in different parts of the monitored environment.
By consolidating wide-area thermal monitoring into fewer field devices, Thermal Radar™ can reduce the number of cameras, poles, mounting locations, network connections, VMS licenses, installation components, and maintenance points required for perimeter security.
For organizations that also require developing fire detection, optional fireSENSE™ can be added to the Thermal Radar™ platform. When fireSENSE™ is enabled, the platform can identify multiple developing fire events or developing fire and intrusion activity occurring simultaneously while continuing to monitor for qualifying intrusions.
Why Thermal Radar™ Is Different
360° Wide-Area Thermal Monitoring
A rapidly rotating thermal sensor monitors multiple directions from a single platform, reducing dependence on numerous disconnected fixed-camera views.
Inside-Out Perimeter Protection
Configure monitoring areas beyond the protected perimeter, at fences and boundaries, and throughout the interior of the protected property.
Multiple Simultaneous Detections
Continuously detect and geospatially locate multiple qualifying people, vehicles, or intrusion events occurring across the monitored area.
Reduced Infrastructure & Complexity
Wide-area coverage can reduce camera counts, poles, mounting locations, cable runs, network connections, VMS licenses, and maintenance points.
Standalone or Integrated Operation
Use Thermal Radar™ as a standalone detection outpost or integrate it with compatible VMS, PSIM, PTZ, and broader physical security platforms.
Optional fireSENSE™ Early Fire Detection
Add fireSENSE™ when developing fire detection is required. The platform can then monitor for multiple developing fire events and intrusion activity at the same time.
Thermal Radar™ technology has been developed and manufactured in the United States for more than 10 years and is supported by a growing portfolio of patented products for permanent, rapidly deployable, and solar-powered security applications.
Wide-Area Thermal Detection with Fewer Cameras
Depending on the selected sensor, lens, installation height, terrain, environmental conditions, target requirements, and line of sight, a single Thermal Radar™ can monitor an area of up to approximately 220 acres.
Thermal Radar™ rapidly rotates through configurable station stops to create a panoramic thermal view of the monitored environment. Onboard edge analytics evaluate each monitored area and generate geospatial detection information when qualifying people, vehicles, or other thermal activity are identified.
This approach can provide substantially more monitored coverage than a single fixed visible-light or fixed thermal camera. Because fewer field devices may be required, organizations can reduce installation infrastructure, VMS licensing, networking requirements, maintenance points, and long-term system complexity.
Thermal Radar™ provides continuous intrusion monitoring as a core capability. When developing fire detection is also required, optional fireSENSE™ can be added to identify multiple developing fire events or simultaneous developing fire and intrusion activity.
Traditional Cameras vs. THERMAL RADAR™
Visible-light cameras, fixed thermal cameras, and Thermal Radar™ can each serve a role in a layered security system. The central difference is how each technology monitors a large outdoor area.
Traditional Visible-Light Cameras
Visible-light cameras provide recognizable video for visual verification and investigation. However, they depend on usable lighting and can be affected by darkness, glare, shadows, uneven illumination, and camouflage. Protecting a large property may require numerous cameras, overlapping fields of view, and extensive lighting infrastructure.
Traditional Fixed Thermal Cameras
Fixed thermal cameras detect heat signatures without depending on visible light, but each camera continuously monitors only one field of view. Covering a large outdoor area can require multiple cameras, poles, network connections, power connections, VMS licenses, and maintenance points.
THERMAL RADAR™ 360° MONITORING
Thermal Radar™ rotates a thermal sensor through configurable station stops to create a panoramic thermal view. This enables a single platform to monitor multiple directions and large outdoor areas while onboard analytics identify and geospatially locate qualifying thermal activity.
Thermal Radar™ does not eliminate the value of visible-light or PTZ cameras. Instead, it provides the wide-area thermal detection layer that helps operators understand where activity is occurring. A compatible PTZ can be added through Hydra™ when visual assessment is required.
Lower Total Cost of Ownership
The cost of perimeter security extends beyond camera hardware. Poles, foundations, trenching, cable runs, power, networking, VMS licenses, installation labor, configuration, inspections, maintenance, repairs, and equipment replacement all contribute to lifecycle cost.
Thermal Radar™ can consolidate wide-area thermal monitoring into fewer field devices. Depending on the site, this may result in:
Lower Fixed Thermal Camera Count
Less Installation and Configuration Labor
Fewer Camera Poles and Mounting Locations
Less Preventive Maintenance
Fewer Foundations, Trenching, & Cable Runs
Fewer Field-Service Visits
Fewer Network and Power Connections
Fewer Replacement Components
Fewer VMS Camera Licenses
Lower Long-Term System Complexity
How Thermal Radar™ Works
1. The Thermal Sensor Rotates
Thermal Radar™ rotates through configurable station stops to monitor multiple directions across the surrounding property.
2. Edge Analytics Evaluate Each View
Onboard analytics evaluate the thermal scene according to configured detection areas, schedules, sensitivity settings, confidence thresholds, and other site-specific rules.
3. Qualifying Activity Is Detected
The system identifies qualifying people, vehicles, and other configured thermal activity without depending on visible illumination.
4. The Event Is Geospatially Located
Detection information is associated with a position on the integrated geospatial map, helping operators understand where activity is occurring.
5. Alerts Are Shared with Security Systems
Thermal Radar™ can communicate event information through its interface and compatible VMS, PSIM, and physical security integrations.
6. Optional Visual Assessment Is Activated
When Thermal Radar™ is integrated with a compatible PTZ through Hydra™, qualifying detections can direct the PTZ toward the event location for visual assessment.
Thermal Radar™ can operate independently as a thermal intrusion-detection platform. Hydra™ is an optional layered configuration for projects that require both wide-area thermal detection and PTZ-based visual assessment.
Hydra™: Thermal Detection with PTZ Visual Assessment
Hydra™ combines Thermal Radar™ with a compatible pan-tilt-zoom camera to provide layered detection and visual assessment across large outdoor environments.
Thermal Radar™ performs continuous wide-area thermal monitoring and geospatial detection. When qualifying activity is identified, Hydra™ sends ongoing slew-to-cue commands that direct the PTZ toward the event location.
The PTZ can then provide color, infrared, or other available imagery to support operator assessment. Thermal Radar™ continues monitoring the broader area while the PTZ is directed toward the qualified event.
Hydra™ may reduce the number of fixed thermal and visible-light cameras required for large-area protection by combining panoramic thermal detection with directed PTZ imagery. Actual camera-count reduction depends on the property layout, required detection distances, target types, mounting positions, obstructions, and operational objectives.
Hydra™ provides:
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Patented 360° thermal intrusion detection
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Geospatial PTZ slew-to-cue
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Continuous tracking commands for qualifying detections
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Layered thermal detection and visual assessment
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Compatibility with supported PTZ cameras
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Integration with compatible VMS and security platforms
Daytime
Nighttime
Integrate Thermal Radar™ with Existing Security Operations
Thermal Radar™ can operate as a standalone thermal detection platform or integrate with compatible Video Management System, Physical Security Information Management, PTZ, and broader security platforms.
A consolidated panoramic thermal stream can provide operators with a 360° view of the monitored area, alert information, geospatial event locations, and access to live or recorded thermal video. This can reduce the need to manage numerous separate fixed thermal streams across the same property.
Integration capabilities can include:
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Panoramic thermal video
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Daytime and nighttime monitoring
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Geospatial event location
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Configurable alert displays
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Custom detection areas and rules
Integration capabilities vary by platform, software version, configuration, and project requirements. Compatibility should be confirmed during system design.
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Live and recorded thermal video
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Event metadata
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PTZ slew-to-cue through Hydra™
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Integration with supported VMS and PSIM platforms
Thermal Radar™ 3-Series and 6-Series
Patented 360° thermal perimeter monitoring for wide-area intrusion detection, geospatial event location, and continuous surveillance across large outdoor environments.
Thermal Radar™ Hydra™
Thermal Radar™ combined with a compatible PTZ camera to provide layered thermal detection, continuous slew-to-cue, and visual assessment of qualified detections.
Thermal Radar™ fireSENSE™
An optional Thermal Radar™ capability for detecting developing fire events while the platform continues to monitor for qualifying intrusion activity.
Thermal Radar™ Mobile Sentry™
A solar-powered rapid-deployment security trailer that combines Thermal Radar™ with supporting security, communications, and power technologies.
Thermal Radar™ Tower Sentry™
A solar-powered portable surveillance tower designed to elevate Thermal Radar™ and supporting technologies for remote, temporary, or expanding security applications.
Thermal Radar™ Banshee™
A detect, warn, and deter perimeter security platform combining Thermal Radar™ with HyperSpike targeted acoustic and visual deterrence technologies.
The Thermal Radar™ Platform
Thermal Radar offers a range of patented technologies and deployment configurations for permanent, rapidly deployable, and remote wide-area security applications.
Wide-Area Thermal Security for Critical Infrastructure and Large Properties
Every site has different terrain, target types, detection distances, obstructions, environmental conditions, operating patterns, and integration requirements. Thermal Radar™ configurations should be selected and positioned according to the property’s specific security objectives and line-of-sight conditions.
Explore Thermal Radar™ Coverage
The Thermal Radar™ Layout Tool can help you explore preliminary detection coverage based on your property layout and selected Thermal Radar™ configuration.
Use the tool to visualize how a rotating thermal sensor may monitor large outdoor areas, compare preliminary placement options, and better understand the relationship between sensor selection and monitored coverage.
The Layout Tool is intended for preliminary planning. Final detection performance depends on sensor and lens selection, target characteristics, mounting height, terrain, buildings, vegetation, environmental conditions, line of sight, analytics configuration, and project requirements. Final system design should be validated with Thermal Radar or an authorized representative.
Protect More Area with a Simpler Security Architecture
Thermal Radar™ provides continuous 360° thermal perimeter monitoring for organizations responsible for protecting critical infrastructure, industrial operations, renewable energy facilities, transportation assets, remote properties, and other large outdoor environments.
By detecting and geospatially locating multiple simultaneous intrusion events, Thermal Radar™ helps security teams maintain awareness beyond, at, and inside the protected perimeter. Optional Hydra™ integration adds PTZ-based visual assessment, while optional fireSENSE™ adds developing fire detection without interrupting intrusion monitoring.
Because one rotating thermal platform can monitor an area that might otherwise require multiple fixed cameras, Thermal Radar™ can reduce installation infrastructure, VMS licensing, networking requirements, maintenance points, and total cost of ownership.
Contact Thermal Radar to connect with an authorized representative and evaluate the appropriate technology, configuration, and deployment approach for your property.
Traditional Perimeter
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Extensive Installation
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Limited Range and Scope
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High Networking & Licensing Costs
Thermal Imaging Radar
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Simple, Flexible Integration
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Wide-Area Intrusion Detection
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360° Thermal Coverage Day/Night
Thermal Radar™ Frequently Asked Questions
What is Thermal Radar™?
Thermal Radar™ is a patented 360° thermal perimeter monitoring platform for wide-area intrusion detection, early threat detection, and continuous outdoor surveillance. It combines a rapidly rotating thermal sensor, onboard edge analytics, configurable detection rules, and geospatial mapping to identify qualifying thermal activity across large properties.
How does Thermal Radar™ work?
Thermal Radar™ rotates a thermal sensor through configurable station stops to create a panoramic view of the monitored environment. Onboard analytics evaluate each monitored area and generate geospatial detection information when qualifying people, vehicles, or other configured thermal activity are identified.
How is Thermal Radar™ different from a traditional thermal camera?
A traditional fixed thermal camera monitors one field of view. Protecting a large property may therefore require numerous cameras, poles, network connections, and VMS licenses. Thermal Radar™ rotates a thermal sensor through 360 degrees to monitor multiple directions from a single platform.
How is Thermal Radar™ different from visible-light cameras?
Visible-light cameras depend on reflected visible light and may be affected by darkness, glare, shadows, camouflage, and uneven illumination. Thermal Radar™ detects heat signatures without depending on visible light, supporting thermal monitoring during both daytime and nighttime.
Does Thermal Radar™ replace visible-light cameras?
Not necessarily. Thermal Radar™ provides the wide-area thermal detection layer that helps operators determine where qualifying activity is occurring. Visible-light and PTZ cameras can provide a complementary visual-assessment layer when greater scene detail is required.
What does inside-out perimeter monitoring mean?
Inside-out perimeter monitoring means configuring detection areas beyond the protected perimeter, at the perimeter, and throughout the interior of the protected property. This can provide earlier awareness of approaching activity as well as detection at boundaries and within the site.
Can Thermal Radar™ detect multiple intrusions simultaneously?
Yes. Thermal Radar™ can continuously detect and report multiple qualifying people, vehicles, or intrusion events occurring across different parts of the monitored area.
Is early fire detection included with every Thermal Radar™?
No. Developing fire detection is available through optional fireSENSE™. Standard Thermal Radar™ systems provide thermal perimeter monitoring and intrusion detection.
Can Thermal Radar™ detect fires and intrusions at the same time?
When optional fireSENSE™ is enabled, the Thermal Radar™ platform can identify multiple developing fire events, multiple intrusion events, or developing fire and intrusion activity occurring at the same time.
Does Thermal Radar™ prevent fires?
No. Thermal Radar™ and fireSENSE™ do not prevent fires. Optional fireSENSE™ can provide earlier awareness of qualifying developing fire conditions so trained personnel can investigate and respond according to established safety and emergency procedures.
What is Hydra™?
Hydra™ combines Thermal Radar™ with a compatible PTZ camera. Thermal Radar™ performs wide-area thermal detection, while qualifying geospatial detections direct the PTZ toward the event location for visual assessment.
Does Thermal Radar™ require a PTZ camera?
No. Thermal Radar™ can operate as a standalone thermal intrusion-detection platform. PTZ integration through Hydra™ is optional.
How much area can one Thermal Radar™ monitor?
Depending on the selected sensor, lens, installation height, terrain, environmental conditions, target requirements, and line of sight, a single Thermal Radar™ can monitor an area of up to approximately 220 acres.
How far can Thermal Radar™ detect a person or vehicle?
Detection distance depends on the selected sensor and lens, target characteristics, thermal contrast, mounting height, terrain, environmental conditions, line of sight, analytics configuration, and project requirements. Certain Thermal Radar™ configurations can support threat-detection distances of up to approximately 500 meters in suitable applications.
Does Thermal Radar™ work at night?
Yes. Thermal Radar™ detects heat signatures instead of depending on visible illumination, supporting thermal monitoring during both daytime and nighttime.
Does Thermal Radar™ work in bad weather?
Thermal Radar™ can provide useful detection through most weather conditions, but performance may be affected by heavy precipitation, fog, atmospheric conditions, thermal crossover, vegetation, terrain, and other site-specific variables.
Can Thermal Radar™ detect through walls or trees?
No. Thermal imaging requires line of sight and cannot detect through buildings, walls, dense vegetation, or other solid obstructions.
Can Thermal Radar™ reduce nuisance alarms?
Thermal Radar™ supports configurable areas of interest, exclusion zones, blur masks, sensitivity settings, confidence thresholds, schedules, and other detection rules that help operators focus on meaningful activity. Proper system configuration can reduce nuisance alarms caused by authorized movement, wildlife, vegetation, weather, and repetitive activity.
How does Thermal Radar™ lower total cost of ownership?
Thermal Radar™ may reduce the number of fixed cameras and supporting components required to monitor a large area. This can reduce poles, foundations, trenching, cabling, network connections, VMS licenses, installation labor, maintenance points, field-service requirements, and replacement components.
Does Thermal Radar™ integrate with existing security systems?
Yes. Thermal Radar™ integrates with compatible VMS, PSIM, PTZ, and physical security platforms. Available functions vary by platform, software version, system configuration, and project requirements.
What deployment options are available?
Thermal Radar™ can be permanently installed or incorporated into rapidly deployable configurations. Mobile Sentry™ and Tower Sentry™ provide solar-powered options, while Banshee™ provides another rapidly deployable solar-powered platform with added deterrence technologies.
What types of facilities use Thermal Radar™?
Thermal Radar™ can support electrical substations, power-generation facilities, solar farms, battery energy storage systems, data centers, oil and gas facilities, airports, ports, correctional facilities, transportation yards, water infrastructure, industrial properties, warehouses, remote utility sites, and most any other wide-area property.
Where is Thermal Radar located?
Thermal Radar is headquartered in Orem, Utah, and works through authorized integrators and representatives to support customers in the United States and international markets.
Where can I purchase Thermal Radar™?
Thermal Radar™ systems are generally available through authorized security integrators and regional representatives. Visit the Where to Buy Thermal Radar™ page to locate the appropriate representative for your region.