It's official: RFView for MAK ONE 1.1 is here!
by Jim Kogler, VP of Products
We are proud to announce the release of 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. It is a joint development between ISL, an industry leader in radar and RF simulation, and MAK. RFM integrates ISL’s RFView® radar technology, which correlates perfectly with MAK ONE’s visual, terrain, and environmental models, the Procedural Earth 2 (PE2) terrain engine, and thousands of included 3D models.
It produces highly accurate radar imagery that is often difficult to distinguish from real SAR data. The integration also enables 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, generating realistic effects that match the behavior of real radar systems.
See the release highlights below for more details.
New Features in RFView for MAK ONE 1.1
Space-based radar sources: Simulate radars mounted on LEO satellites generated from TLE files in VR-Forces. (VR-Forces is optional; RFView for MAK ONE connects to any standards-compliant distributed simulation.)
Figure 1. Space-based image
Jamming and interference: Support for radar repeaters and random-noise jammers, accurately modeling how external radar energy reflects through your scene.
Figure 2 (left). Repeater jamming
Figure 3 (below). Noise jamming
Object rotation modeling: Physics-based rendering of rotating objects such as wind turbines, helicopter blades, and missile radar dishes.
Wind-driven vegetation movement: The MAK ONE weather environment now influences RFM, adding appropriate Doppler effects from moving leaves and branches.
If you’d like to learn more, please contact us. MAK is exhibiting at I/ITSEC this year, and we’d be happy to help you generate SAR imagery of your own neighborhood using MAK’s digital twin of the planet. Stop by booth #1221 to see us, or schedule a time with our team through this form.
Questions or comments? Connect with the MAK team anytime at
PS: Enjoy the SAR images below, created in RFView for MAK ONE. Recognize anywhere?
A windy day at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL!
The Chicago O'Hare Airport
The Chicago Navy Pier
