Orion™ Series
Solid-State Single & Dual-Polarization Radar

Patented Radar Technologies

WDS Radar designs & builds every major RF component within every Orion. High-performance, high-reliability, and long life were key design goals in the development of the Orion Series. Our intelligent design techniques have eliminated many common mechanical and electronic components resulting in the ultimate integrated, lightweight, versatile single-package solution.

All Orion systems take full advantage of the latest in electronic and microwave device technology. WDS Radar also designs and manufactures pulsed high-power solid-state power-amplifiers based on the latest GaN (gallium nitride) HEMT transistor technology. This important technology advancement is the keystone of every Orion.

S-Band Orion – Long Range Capability
Kansas City storm 240 nm from Des Moines radar site (4.5 meter antenna)

Design and Economic Advantages

• Most cost-efficient high performance radar in the market space
• Minimal system maintenance and long life transmitter
• Lowest life cycle costs, no costly transmitter tubes or radioactive TR limiters
• Proven high-performance & reliability, first Orion system fielded in 2013
• No dangerous, hard to maintain, high voltage power supplies
• Minimal operational power requirement
• Environmental awareness: Lowest RF emission high-performance radar available
• All radar components are antenna mounted. Eliminates the need for a ground building, bulky out-dated problematic waveguide runs & pressurization.
• Tight spectrum management, increasingly important in 5-G environment
• Power modules combinable for additional power as required
• Precision composite antenna that guarantees dimensional stability over the entire surface
• Equipped with the most advanced Doppler processor. Same processor used in all NWS 88Ds, all FAA TDWR wind shear radars, and P3 Orion Hurricane Hunter aircraft
• All radar data products compatible with the most popular display packages including ingestion into the NEXRAD network
• Research grade data integrity & accuracy
• WDS Patented radar technologies
• Designed and Made in the USA

As a designer and manufacturer, we’re able to meet your radar needs and monetary considerations. Our lineup of advanced pulsed high-power solid-state Doppler radar systems includes a variety of power ranges, wave-lengths, and aperture sizes (up to 25-feet).