[Avionics Today 10-29-2014] Thales’ new Searchmaster radar system promises to be a multirole surveillance radar with the ability to meet all the surveillance requirements of five mission types:
The Searchmaster radar features an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) antenna based on technologies developed for the RBE2 AESA nose-mounted radar on the Rafale combat aircraft. The product allows for extended range and electronic scanning in the vertical plane for simultaneous short-range and long-range surveillance, as well as continuous detection in harsh environmental conditions.
- anti-surface warfare,
- anti-submarine warfare,
- maritime surveillance,
- ground surveillance and
- tactical air support.
Weighing in at approximately 75 kg, Thales claims it is easy to install and integrate with a system. It is suitable for Medium Altitude, Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), medium-tonnage or heavy-lift mission helicopters and turboprop or jet-engined mission aircraft.
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| Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft |
Euronaval: Thales introduces France's new maritime patrol radar - 10/28/2014 - Flight Global
Thales has introduced its new Searchmaster airborne multirole surveillance radar, which will be supplied to the French navy for its Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft upgrade programme.
The active electronically scanned array radar will be integrated into 15 of the Dassault- built aircraft. French defence procurement agency DGA announced the upgrade programme in October 2013, with the aim of extending the life of the aircraft out to the 2030s.
“The surveillance radar is part of the upgrade package,” armament chief engineer Patrick Aufort, manager officer for mission aircraft at the DGA, said during the launch at the Euronaval exhibition in Paris. “The French navy needs to improve the detection of small targets in high sea states and its coastal surveillance.”
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