Situational awareness in defence domains
Intelligent sensing for assured awareness and precision decisions.
In defence, situational awareness drives operational edge. From low-cost drone sensing to next-generation space domain awareness, TTP's expert teams close the gap between vision and deployable capability.
Seeing the unseen in defence technology
Modern defence demands the ability to sense, interpret, and react across domains autonomously and at speed. With contested skies, proliferating drones, and fluid electronic environments, human-centric data processing is no longer enough.
The challenge lies in integrating diverse sensors, extracting clear signals from noise, and turning data into actionable insights. This requires technical rigour and deep understanding of mission context.
Whether tracking persistently in congested airspace or sensing reliably from orbit, we help defence innovators achieve the clarity needed for decisive action.
Detect and avoid for cargo drones – operational safety in crowded skies
Cargo drones are reshaping the battlespace, enabling rapid resupply and reconnaissance. But autonomy creates acute detect-and-avoid (DAA) demands in mixed airspace. TTP designs DAA solutions that go beyond compliance, addressing non-cooperative target detection and resilience under jamming or clutter.
Our systems fuse multiple sensing modalities – coherent radar, passive RF, and electro-optics – tailored for SWaP limits and hard real-time response. Proprietary algorithms deliver deterministic avoidance guidance for both centralised and on-board autonomy.
The battlespace now includes as many $300 assets as $30,000 ones. Situational awareness must scale accordingly. Our ground-up designs provide capability fit for purpose at a $1000 BoM, bringing dependable DAA to high-tempo, low-cost operations.
Space domain awareness – intelligent threat detection
Space is now a contested domain, demanding new approaches to surveillance and tracking. TTP develops sensor and data fusion technologies to detect threats such as anti-satellite weapons, debris, and unannounced manoeuvres.
We design compact, resilient payloads - wideband RF, passive optical, and hyperspectral arrays - for deployment on LEO satellites, ground stations, and mobile platforms.
AI-driven recognition enables persistent monitoring despite camouflage or emission masking. With edge computing and secure comms, we deliver timely, context-enriched insights to command centres, without overloading intelligence pipelines.
Low-cost radar, scalable sensing for high-tempo operations
Defence requires radar that is scalable and distributable, delivering wide-area coverage without the cost of legacy systems. TTP develops cost-optimised radar using COTS components, software-defined chains, and innovative antenna designs.
We provide systems that combine high-fidelity detection with affordability, enabling mass deployment for force protection, asset tracking, or airfield defence.
Modularity ensures radars adapt between roles, drone surveillance, ground-moving target indication, via rapid configuration and software upgrades. Our expertise in miniaturisation and ruggedisation delivers reliability from polar extremes to dense urban settings.
Where customers demand software-defined architectures, our pragmatic approach to IP ensures systems remain adaptable to evolving missions and under client control.
Custom sensing solutions and mission-tailored integration at speed
Off-the-shelf sensors rarely match defence needs. TTP takes a systems approach to bespoke sensing, spanning RF, acoustic, optical, and multi-modal domains.
We work with clients to model environments, build digital twins, and stress-test resilience. In-house prototyping accelerates iteration, supported by simulation and field validation. Solutions integrate seamlessly with existing platforms while meeting security and interoperability standards.
The result: rapid delivery of fit-for-purpose sensors, whether vehicle-mounted detectors or ultra-low-power perimeter nodes. By tailoring to user context, we maximise impact and reduce integration risk.
Our micro-fabrication facility pushes innovation to the micro and nanoscale, enabling miniaturised, energy-efficient solutions. With prototyping cycles under one month, we provide an agile bridge to production foundries.
When operational demands outpace what’s available off the shelf, TTP helps clients accelerate custom sensing to the field.
How we can help
AI-enabled signal processing
Machine-learning approaches for anomaly detection, classification, and data triage.
Hardware prototyping and validation
Rapid design and environmental stress-testing, accelerating innovation-to-field timelines.
Secure data networking
Robust, low-latency communications built for contested electromagnetic environments.
Advanced radar and RF design
Expertise from analogue front-end to digital backend, adaptable to diverse operational needs.
Custom software and user interfaces
Mission-driven UI/UX for actionable data visualisations and operator trust.
Field deployment and sustainment
In-theatre support, ruggedization for military platforms, and lifecycle engineering.
Mission systems engineering
Translating operational requirements into integrated, viable hardware-software ecosystems.
Multi-domain sensor integration
Fusing heterogeneous data sources (radar, EO, RF, IR) for unified situational pictures.
Embedded algorithm development
Creating fast, deterministic processing pipelines for real-time threat assessment.
SWaP-optimized electronics
Custom electronics and firmware for low-SWaP sensor deployment in constrained environments.
AI-enabled signal processing
Machine-learning approaches for anomaly detection, classification, and data triage.
Hardware prototyping and validation
Rapid design and environmental stress-testing, accelerating innovation-to-field timelines.
Secure data networking
Robust, low-latency communications built for contested electromagnetic environments.
Advanced radar and RF design
Expertise from analogue front-end to digital backend, adaptable to diverse operational needs.
Custom software and user interfaces
Mission-driven UI/UX for actionable data visualisations and operator trust.
Field deployment and sustainment
In-theatre support, ruggedization for military platforms, and lifecycle engineering.
Mission systems engineering
Translating operational requirements into integrated, viable hardware-software ecosystems.
Multi-domain sensor integration
Fusing heterogeneous data sources (radar, EO, RF, IR) for unified situational pictures.
Embedded algorithm development
Creating fast, deterministic processing pipelines for real-time threat assessment.
SWaP-optimized electronics
Custom electronics and firmware for low-SWaP sensor deployment in constrained environments.
Our approach and capabilities
We deliver across the entire life of a project, from opportunity discovery to production engineering. Discover how our interdisciplinary teams of experts collaborate to tackle the toughest product development challenges.
Our campus and facilities
Our award-winning campus has been designed with a clear vision. To create a space which can support our people and our clients as we develop and deliver the very best technology solutions.
Meet some of the team
Nathan Wrench
Joe Millbourn
George Gunn
Talk to us about your next project
We help clients with all stages of their most complex and challenging technology and product development projects.
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