AMS promoting the new medium range radar

AMS, a joint venture between FINMECCANICA and BAE Systems, is proposing a new Surveillance Architecture based on a modern 3-dimensional solid state mobile and reliable tactical radar that provides and maintains the requirements of surveillance, point defence, gap-filler, tracking and identification flying aircraft even at low altitude in a changing severe clutter/ECM environment.

The S-band radar is designed mainly for crisis and wartime use and it is deployable with the evolution of the tactical situation in 15 minutes to avoid pre-targeting and early destruction by enemy attack. It is totally self-sufficient and capable of operating from unprepared locations.

It provides reliable and accurate detection at low altitudes, clutter suppression in adverse conditions, low peak power, resistance to jamming and anti radiation missiles, low degradation and high system availability. The system is highly mobile and easily transportable by road, by rail or sea (in its transport shell) and by air (C-130 or CH-47).

The radar station is unmanned and fully controlled by one or more Command Posts (as stand alone or in a cluster of netted radar systems) or by a remote Operation Centre as Early Warning radar.

Three different configuration are available by a simple SW reload procedure. Therefore the radar can be on-field adapted immediately to various operative role performed in the defence scenario:

GF version: as mobile Gap-Filler radar at 10 sec Data Rate MR version: as mobile Medium Range radar at 5 sec Data Rate PD version: as mobile Point Defence radar at 3 sec Data Rate

AMS is proposing this new approach that provides the capability to deploy the same radar in various configurations, adapting the system to changing mission profile: savings are relevant in logistic, maintenance, spare parts stocks and training costs.

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