New RFView Release Enhances Radar Simulation

MAK and ISL announced RFView for MAK ONE (RFM) version 1.1, the second feature release since its introduction in April 2025. RFM is a physics-based synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging system built on the MAK ONE synthetic environment. The system integrates ISL’s RFView radar technology with MAK ONE’s visual, terrain, and environmental models, the Procedural Earth 2 (PE2) terrain engine, and thousands of 3D models. The integration allows RFView to use all MAK ONE terrain formats and connect through multiple industry-standard open protocols.

RFM uses GPU-accelerated ray tracing to simulate radar wave interactions with terrain and objects, producing radar imagery that closely matches real SAR data. The new 1.1 release introduces support for space-based radar sources, allowing radars mounted on LEO satellites to be simulated using TLE files in VR-Forces. It also adds jamming and interference capabilities, modeling radar repeaters and random-noise jammers accurately. Physics-based rendering of rotating objects such as wind turbines, helicopter blades, and missile radar dishes is now included. In addition, moving vegetation responds to MAK ONE’s weather environment, adding Doppler effects from leaves and branches.

MAK is exhibiting RFView at I/ITSEC 2025 at booth #1221, where attendees can explore the system’s capabilities, including the generation of SAR imagery using MAK’s digital twin of the planet.