1) Electricity usage
2) Staffing costs, both for operational control and ongoing maintenance and support
3) Parts replacement costs. The more you use the radar the faster its components wear out
I'm doing research on radars at a lab, but on automotive and robotics scales and operating costs are just not something we consider.
I can imagine so. For context, OTH sites are generally massive with hundreds of large antenna elements. This article has some pictures of one of the JORN sites as an example: https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/cyber-space/jor...
I'm doing research on radars at a lab, but on automotive and robotics scales and operating costs are just not something we consider.