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Finlandia compra radares contrabatería israelíes

Finlandia adquiere radares ELM-2311

Seguranca e Defesa






ELTA Systems, subsidiaria de Israel Aerospace Industries, recibió un contrato para el suministro de radares multimedios compactos (C-MMR) ELM-2311 a las Fuerzas de Defensa de Finlandia. Este modelo de radar puede rastrear cohetes y tranvías de artillería y morteros, calculando no sólo el punto de impacto como el punto de origen, lo que posibilita la ejecución de fuegos de contrabatería. Operando en la banda C, el ELM-2311 (Foto: ELTA Systems) emplea escaneado electrónico activo.

Thales desarrolla radar compacto para el Real Ejército de Máxima

Thales develops GM200 MM Compact (MMR) radar for Netherlands army requirement

Army Recognition


Together with operational specialists at the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA), Thales has developed the Multi Mission Radar (MMR) for artillery, 4D air surveillance, air defense, and security applications. Years of studies and testing led to the signing of a series contract on January 17th, between Thales and Defense Materiel Organization (DMO) for which 9 radar systems will be delivered to the Royal Netherlands Army.


Thales GM200 radar on 8x8 chassis (Picture source: Thales)

The MMR is being marketed internationally as the GM200 MM/Compact, part of the Ground Master 200 family. Thales says that a wide range of operational missions with the MMR are possible, ranging from air surveillance to weapon locating. In a counter battery role, the MMR can distinguish individual tracks in a salvo firing. Additionally, the MMR is a "software defined" system, allowing it to keep pace with changes in missions and threats through software updates.

Thales says this of the MMR, "Every second is critical during a mission. Therefore, extreme fast and flexible radar deployment, for observing all kind of hostile activities and actions, are of vital importance. The MMR, meeting all of today's requirements for modern warfare, will be the new eyes of the Dutch armed forces. The MMR sees and records everything from RAM, UAV/UAS, aircraft, helicopters and cruise missiles easily and in real-time. Because of its simplicity and high degree of automation, the MMR is a time saver. From its first introduction during training, at the installation on any type of vehicle as well as during its operational deployment and use. The MMR is deployable and ready for use within a couple of minutes, which makes the MMR system one of the most advanced systems in the market. The MMR is the latest version of the Thales 4D AESA radar family, like the NS100 / NS200 / SM400 / SMART-L MM and it is developed for applications on the ground domain.

"Thanks to the unique collaboration with RNLA, DMO and the industry, this cutting edge solution fits seamlessly with the ideas and wishes of the users. As the name implies, the MMR can be used for multiple missions. By using the most modern technologies, the radar system is very mobile, transportable and fully automatic capable of detecting, tracking and classifying a wide variety of air targets."

Lieutenant General L.J.A. (Leo) Beulen, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army, said "Due to its unique true multi-mission capability, the MMR will not only set the conditions for winning battles at long range by accurate target acquisition, the MMR will also enhance the RNLA Air Defense capability by addressing the evolving air threat, including Rocket, Artillery and Mortar and Unmanned Air Systems."

"The Netherlands has a leading position in the field of radar development. Therefore, the Nederland Radarland platform was established in 2002. This project is a perfect example of the results of this platform. The unique and long lasting cooperation between the Military experts of the Royal Netherlands Army and Thales has led to an extreme modern multi-mission solution, ready for today's and tomorrow's threats," said Geert van der Molen, VP of Naval at Thales Netherlands.

Singapur adquiere radar contrabatería

Singapore Acquires AN/TPQ-53 Counter-Fire Target Acquisition Radars

Singapore has acquired six Lockheed Martin AN/TPQ-53 counter-fire radar systems. Work on the systems is expected to be completed by March 2019 

The US government has awarded Lockheed Martin a USD63-million firm, fixed-price contract in support of a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) procurement effort of six AN/TPQ-53 counter-fire target acquisition radars destined for Singapore, according to federal contracting documents reviewed by Jane's on 21 August.

The contract – which was signed on 13 April 2017 – includes options that would bring the cumulative value of the order to USD81 million if exercised by the Singapore government. Work on the radar systems is expected to be completed by 13 March 2019, with the US Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) in Maryland functioning as the contracting activity.

The AN/TPQ-53 is a solid-state, active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system that operates in the S-band (2 GHz to 4 GHz) frequency range. The radar is designed to detect, classify, track, and determine the launch points of incoming artillery shells, mortar bombs, and rockets over a 90° sector or the full 360° azimuthal arc.

According to Jane's C4ISR & Mission Systems: Land , the AN/TPQ-53 is capable of detecting artillery shells at a maximum range of 34 km, mortar bombs up to 20 km, and rockets at up to 60 km when operating in the persistent surveillance sector scan mode – although the system can be switched almost instantaneously, with minimal degradation in tracking performance, to rotating mode for detecting all three types of incoming munitions at distances of up to 20 km.

The radar unit itself is 6.93 m long, 2.84 m wide,2.84 m tall, and weighs 8,889 kg. Operated by a four-person crew, it can be deployed within five minutes and taken down within two minutes.

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