Accipiter Phonetics & Definition
ACCIPITRIDAE
ac·cip·i·tri-dae
Pronunciation: ak-'si-pi-tree-day
noun.
The family name of birds of prey that includes hawks, eagles and osprey.

ACCIPITER
ac·cip·i·ter
Pronunciation: ak-'si-pi-ter
noun.
A hawk of the genus Accipiter, characterized by short wings and a long tail. Species in North America include Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter Cooperii), Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter Striatus) & Northern Goshawk (Accipiter Gentilis). (Ref: Birds of Canada by F.J. Alsop III)

Of these three accipiter hawks, it is the Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter Cooperii) that has captured our imagination and best personifies the family of Accipiter® Radars.The Accipiter Cooperi is shown in the photo to the right.

Why Accipiter
Names of birds have often been used to brand a particular surveillance sensor or military aircraft, so it is not unusual that we would seek out the name of a bird to brand our Security Radar and Avian Radar systems. But why Accipiter? A brief look at some of the key characteristics of our unique radar systems and of Accipiter demonstrate a match well made.

Our radar systems provide wide-area surveillance, automatically and aggressively searching out a variety of small, maneuvering targets of interest in strong-clutter environments. Accipiter behaves similarly by soaring high on thermals and flying circular search patterns like a scanning radar. Accipiter aggressively hunts numerous small, maneuvering targets such as poultry, other birds, small mammals and even fish; and can search them out in strong-cluttter environments such as wooded lots.

Our radar systems are small, agile, covert and affordable, unlike larger, military-like surveillance systems. Accipiter, unlike larger birds of prey such as the Bald Eagle and the Osprey, is also small and agile, characterized by relatively short, rounded wings, adapted for speed and agility. Acting covertly to surprise its targets, Accipiter waits in ambush for its prey.

Our radar systems are designed to protect regions of interest and critical infrastructure from selected threats and to provide automatic alerts or advisories for situations of interest. In an analogous manner, Accipiter is known to be territorial and to protect its search area from other predators, sounding alarms and taking action when its perimeters are breached.

Our radar processing algorithms and system features are state-of-the-art, individually rare, and not found together in other competing systems. Accipiter, also, is uncommonly found and has unique characteristics.

For all of these reasons, we believe Accipiter personifies our Security and Avian Radars.

 How Accipiter®SR Works & Who Should Use It
 Where does the word 'Accipiter' come from.