Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Navy's new Type 23 frigate radar 'five times more efficient'


BAE Systems has installed the first of a new class of Type 23 frigate radar it claims is five times more efficient than existing systems.

The defence firm says its ARTISAN medium range 3D surveillance radar, fitted on the Type 23 frigate HMS Iron Duke as part of its five-year refit, can monitor over 800 objects simultaneously between 200m and 200,000m away.

The system can detect something as small as a tennis ball travelling at three times the speed of sound more than 25km away and cut through interference equivalent to 10,000 conflicting mobile phone signals, according to BAE.

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