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| Thales' Sea Fire 500 multifunction fixed-array radar |
Thales to Develop Sea Fire 500, A New Multifunction Fixed-Array Radar
At Euronaval 2014, Thales is announcing the development of its new multifunction naval radar, Sea Fire 500. With a fully solid-state four-panel phased-array antenna, Sea Fire 500 is designed for large surface combatants.FREMM multipurpose frigate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With the combination of its four fully solid-state active fixed arrays, each offering higher power, beam steering agility and 90° coverage, the radar will provide significantly higher detection and tracking performance with continuous 360° coverage in azimuth and 90° coverage in elevation.
Sea Fire 500 is a modular radar system that will be available in several versions and with various antenna sizes to match platform architectures and mission types. Each antenna array is independent: the four fixed panels can be located at different points on the vessel.
Sea Fire 500 will draw on experience gained with the Herakles radar. It is a multifunction radar capable of performing missile fire control and guidance as well as target detection, identification and tracking.
At Euronaval 2012 DCNS showed a new concept called FREMM-ER for the FREDA requirement, again based on the FREMM, but specifically mentioning the ballistic missile defence mission as well as anti-air. FREMM-ER has a modified superstructure replacing Héraklès with the new Thales Sea Fire 500 radar, whose four fixed plates resemble those of the US Navy's AN/SPY-1.[7] However unlike the Héraklès and the SPY-1 (both using passive electronically scanned array technology), the Sea Fire 500 has active electronically scanned array antennas.[8]
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| Aquitaine, 1st of 12 FREMM-ER frigates built by DCNS |
The FREMM-ER features an integrated combat system to provide accurate multi-sensor tactical pictures with monitoring and decision-making aids that are designed to reduce workload during operations. Olivier Casenave-Péré, Director of the DCNS Canada office, believes the most significant enhancement of the FREMM-ER is its situational awareness package, which integrates the latest generation of Multi-Function Radar with four fixed Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) panels. Combined with the SETIS combat management system’s powerful algorithms, such radar is designed to perform well even in the most challenging environments, including for BMD capability.
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