The RTS 6400 is a 60 km instrumented-range monopulse X-band combined radar and optronics tracking system using a wide-band, high stability Travelling Wave Tube AmplIfier (TWTA) and advanced Doppler signal processing.
The system currently forms a key element of the South African Navy Patrol Corvette combat suite, for which 8 systems have been delivered into service.
The system has been produced using expertise gained in the development of the ETS 2400 short range Ka-band optronics radar tracker.
The highly modular nature of the design allows adaptation for alternative configurations of optronic sensor, as well as operation at other radar frequencies. This capability makes the system eminently suited for all naval fire control applications. Typical sensor configurations include a Ku-band radar frequency option, dual field of view 3-5 µm or 8-12 µm Thermal Imaging Sensors, high repetition rate Laser range-finders and dual field of view daylight cameras. The system is also adaptable to support Semi-Active Homing missiles, and may be supplied with or without a dedicated console.
The system is able to perform in hostile ECM environments due to a comprehensive ECCM suite. |
RTS 6400 Optronics Radar Tracker now fully commissioned…
RRS has developed, manufactured and qualified a new generation Naval Optronics Radar Tracker, currently aboard the four new MEKO A200 Patrol Corvettes of the South African Navy.
The Official handing over ceremony and commissioning parade of the First-Of-Class vessel SAS Amatola took place in Simonstown, South Africa on 16 February 2006.
These ships are of the most advanced warships in the world today. Featuring a stealth design, SAS Amatola combines a number of world-first propulsion technologies with an innovative and largely South African combat system, including locally designed combat management, communications, electronic warfare, tracking radar, electro-optic, missile and gun systems from more than 20 South African high-tech companies, making the ship a show-case of SA engineering ingenuity and skill.
RRS' contribution to this major event is the successful sea qualification and hand-over of the RTS 6400, a high-performance monopulse X-band combined optronics and radar tracking system, which performs a pivotal role in the self-defence of the corvette.
It is a major milestone for RRS, being the first South African Radar Tracking System to have been fully commissioned into the SA Navy.
|
