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Coastal nations face an array of threats, from smuggling, illegal fishing, uncontrolled immigration, and intrusions related to the maritime domain disputes through terrorism and seaborne attacks. Furthermore, the geographical areas concerned are often too vast to control with available naval assets, even when combined with powerful coastal radars. This complexity highlights the significant challenge of accurate and rapid broad Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA).
Organizations tasked with maritime security, therefore, employ airborne surveillance radar systems with very long detection ranges, wide scanning coverage, automatic classification, and simultaneous modes of operation to complete effective broad area coverage. By enhancing MDA, these advanced systems ensure that threats are detected, tracked, and addressed promptly, thereby mitigating risks and safeguarding maritime boundaries.
Leveraging the latest technological developments and extensive experience accrued with the most widely deployed airborne maritime surveillance radar in service today, the benchmark setting ELM-2022, IAI’s systems and sensors subsidiary, ELTA Systems Ltd (IAI ELTA), developed and is set out to deliver a new class leading airborne surveillance AESA radar with unprecedented performance and reliability.
Utilizing in-house AESA technology, advanced processing tools and state-of-the-art electronics, including Gallium Nitride (GaN) RF components, IAI ELTA developed a family of powerful, upgradable software defined radars with reduced weight & power consumption, and higher reliability. Designated C-catcher (ELM-2025), these X Band radars feature interleaving detection modes and cutting-edge automation that enable simultaneous Multi-Mode, Multi-Role capabilities in all weather and visibility conditions.
Operating at optimized altitudes to achieve both an extended Line of Sight (LOS) and wide area coverage C-catcher AESA radars employ advance maritime modes, including Surface Search, Range Profile/Signature, and Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) to efficiently detect, track and classify vessels in all sea states. Vital naval combat capabilities, including submarine and periscope detection for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and naval surface detection for Anti-Surface Warfare (ASuW), are an integral part of the versatile radar family’s repertoire. The ability to distinguish very small targets from higher altitude and reject land clutter makes the C-catcher radars highly effective very close to the shoreline.
For wide-area ground surveillance of stationary and moving targets the C-catcher radars feature SAR and GMTI modes. The air-to-air mode provides look up/ look down all aspect detection for airborne targets surveillance.
Available in a range of configurations for small UAVs through helicopters and range of fixed wing aircraft, the C-catcher radars are ready to deliver superb, unmated performance.
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