Naval 3D multifunction radars By Luca Peruzzi
The family of ARTISAN 3D S-band multibeam radars is being offered for a wide range of missions and platforms, from the OPVs and support ships to corvettes and frigates. © BAE Systems Maritime Services.
European and Israeli radar houses exploit latest technologies to improve the performances of their maritime surveillance radar families. While advanced high-power multifunction radars based on fixed phased-array antennas have increasingly become the norm for specialist anti-air warfare frigates and destroyers, most surface combatants continue to rely on rotating radars for 3D short to medium range air and surface surveillance, threat detection, and target indication/ weapon support. Thanks to weight and footprint reduction alongside enhanced capabilities, the new or upgraded 3D radars are expanding the platform portfolio towards Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), support ships and smaller platforms.
BAE Systems ARTISAN BAE Systems Maritime Services offers its family of ARTISAN 3D (Advanced Radar Target Indication Situational Awareness and Navigation) S-band multibeam radars that was developed to meet the UK Royal Navy’s requirement for replacement medium-range radar. Designated as Radar Type 12
EDR | May/June 2022
997 by the service, the ARTISAN 3D is today in service with Type 23 frigates, Queen Elizabethclass aircraft carriers, Albion-class LPDs and is planned to equip the Type 26 Global Combat Ship. The Brazilian MoD selected a version of the ARTISAN 3D to initially equip the new Tamandaréclass corvettes. The ARTISAN 3D is however
