Unprecedented performance
The NS200 surveillance task is enhanced with new multi-mission capabilities such as swarm defence, anti-piracy, UAV control and weapon support for active missiles. These different types of targets put different requirements on the radar; fighter jets require long range, high diving missiles require elevation coverage, sea skimmers require fast reaction time, hovering helicopters require spectral information, UAVs are small and slow and require a good clutter suppression, etc. The NS200 detects this wide variety of targets in one single mode as one can never be certain of the type of threat encountered. This can be realised by introducing full digital beam-forming with Dual Axis Multi-beam processing and fully exploiting the AESA capability of forward and backward scanning. The NS200 provides 4D surveillance capabilities (Azimuth, Elevation, Range & full Doppler) up to 400 km. In addition, the engagement tracking capability enables the firing of short to medium range missiles while providing mid-course updates to the missile system.
Highly scalable requirement driven performance
The performance of the NS200 can be scaled by adding transmit elements to meet the diverse requirements and operational needs of navies around the world. The same basic radar can be optimised for different ship classes, leading to fleet-wise logistic advantages. Furthermore, the flexible radar architecture enables through-life introduction of new capabilities thereby future proofing the radar.
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NS200Long range AESA air & surface surveillance radar |