- The system has passed the most demanding tests in real-world scenarios, demonstrating an
extraordinary ability to locate threats quickly and accurately in the worst conditions, including extreme cold, very high humidity and high noise (clutter). It also offers the highest protection in urban combat. - It detects, identifies and tracks low-cost devices such as microdrones or loitering munitions, as well as hypersonic projectiles that are being used in new conflict scenarios, which makes it a critical element of protection.
- The new electronic scanning radar, fully digitized and extremely small in size, increases the security and survivability of vehicles, tanks and armored vehicles in hostile areas.
Madrid, July 12, 2022.- Indra, a leading global technology engineering company for the aerospace,
defence and mobility sectors, has developed a new active protection radar that incorporates the most
advanced digital technologies to protect vehicles, armored vehicles and tanks from the increasingly varied
threats that are being used in new conflict scenarios, many of them simple but very effective, while others
are much more sophisticated.
In Ukraine, for example, the enormous vulnerability of tanks and armored vehicles to guided missiles, rocket launchers and drones has been highlighted, which, despite their low cost, manage to defeat much more advanced platforms, thus providing a great tactical advantage.
new electronic scanning radar detects, identifies and tracks all types of projectiles, from traditional anti-tank missiles, grenade launchers or conventional munitions, to the new threats that are emerging at the moment. It determines with enormous precision the trajectory and estimated time of impact of cheap and widely used javelin guided missiles; microdrones, which fly at low speed and altitude; and autonomous missiles and drones that fly over the area loaded with explosives awaiting their target (loitering munition). It also detects and tracks new experimental or hypersonic devices, such as the new arrow munitions that reach speeds above sound and have a particularly small radar section, equivalent to a two-euro coin.
Managing Director of Defence, Manuel Escalante, “this sophisticated radar demonstrates
ability to provide a quick and effective response to the needs posed by new conflict scenarios,
applying digital technologies to the development of a new generation of defence systems. It is a
pioneering system, which has already demonstrated exceptional performance and which is a critical
element in protecting vehicles and armored vehicles from new threats.”
The capabilities of this innovative solution maintain its performance under extreme conditions, both hot
and cold and even with high humidity, rain or snow. It resists all types of movements, vibrations and
impacts and operates in electromagnetically saturated environments with high ‘noise’ (clutter), unwanted
radar signals. It also offers an exceptional degree of accuracy and speed in urban environments, where
protection is even more necessary.
The system incorporates intelligence to discriminate false targets, evading possible enemy attempts to interfere with its operation with jamming techniques, used to saturate and circumvent conventional protection measures. Its full digitization allows signal processing from the moment of reception to the pulse emission, which facilitates very high-speed internal processing without latency throughout the entire process.
