SMART-L

F220 Hamburg of the German Navy with SMART-L radar
SMART-L onboard F221 Hessen a Sachsen class frigate

SMART-L (Signaal Multibeam Acquisition Radar for Tracking, L band)[1] is a naval long-range search radar from Thales Nederland, formerly Hollandse Signaalapparaten (Signaal).

The passive electronically scanned array antenna has 24 elements; all are used for reception, while 16 are used for creating virtual receiver beams through digital beamforming. The beams' vertical elevation, and compensation for ship movement, is done electronically.[1] Horizontal training is done by mechanically rotating the entire array.

As designed, SMART-L has a maximum range of 400 km (220 nmi) against patrol aircraft, and 65 km (35 nmi) against stealthy missiles.[2] A software upgrade, Extended Long Range (ELR) Mode, extends the maximum range to 480 km (260 nmi). In 2006 HNLMS Tromp used the ELR Mode to track an ARAV-B missile from 150 km (81 nmi) during a US Navy ballistic missile defence exercise.[3]

Variants

Specifications

Users

Ship class Operator Variant Total units
Zeven Provincien FFG  Royal Netherlands Navy Smart-L EWC 4
Sachsen FFG  Deutsche Marine Smart-L 3
Type 45 Daring DDG  Royal Navy S1850M 6
Queen Elizabeth CV  Royal Navy S1850M 2
Forbin FFG  French Navy S1850M 2
Andrea Doria DDG  Italian Navy S1850M 2
Dokdo LPH ROK Navy(South Korea) Smart-L 4
Iver Huitfeldt FFG  Royal Danish Navy Smart-L 3
Air Operations Control Station Nieuw Milligen Royal Netherlands Air Force Smart-L EWC GB 2
Total 26

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "SMART-L Radar". www.Radartutorial.eu. Retrieved 24 Oct 2011.
  2. "SMART-L 3D Long range surveillance radar". Thales. Retrieved 24 Oct 2011.
  3. "Thales on track in TBMD". Thales. 8 Dec 2006. Retrieved 24 Oct 2011.
  4. "SMART-L For Smart Defense?"
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