About Vulcan Desktop Radar
Vulcan Desktop Radar is a UK-made desktop plane tracker: a 5-inch colour display, tactile rotary range, and live aircraft on your desk — built by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts, with no monthly subscription.
Who makes Vulcan Desktop Radar
We design and sell Vulcan Desktop Radar from Poole, on the south coast of England. The product exists because we wanted a dedicated aeroplane radar on the desk — something you can glance at while you work, not another phone app competing for attention.
Vulcan Desktop Radar is a small hardware company, not a software-as-a-service brand. You buy the unit once. Support, warranty, and the live cloud feed are handled by the same team that designed the display.
What Vulcan Desktop Radar is
Vulcan Desktop Radar is a purpose-built desktop plane tracker. It shows nearby aircraft on a classic radar-style view, with range from 10 to 200 nautical miles, an illuminated power button, and a phosphor-green presentation inspired by traditional aviation instruments.
Set-up stays on the device: USB-C power, Wi‑Fi, and a UK postcode or worldwide coordinates. Tap a track to read callsign, airline, altitude, speed, heading, registration, and route. It is for personal awareness and enjoyment — never for navigation or air traffic control.
How we work
Hardware, firmware, and the Vulcan Radar cloud feed are developed together so the desk unit feels like one instrument rather than a tablet running a website. Languages, range control, and display modes are chosen for people who actually watch aeroplanes, not for a generic gadget catalogue.
If you need help, the Support page and the address on every Vulcan Desktop Radar box point to the same UK company. We would rather answer a setup question than hide behind a ticket mill.