The trial, executed on 21 November 2013, consisted of four Evolved Sea
Sparrow Missiles (ESSM) being directed by APAR to four targets. The
trial was successful: all launched missiles performed a successful intercept.
In the first part of the trial, a Banshee drone was eliminated by a
missile launched by the new Royal Danish Navy Frigate HDMS Peter Willemoes
(Iver Huitfeldt-class).
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With pinpoint accuracy APAR guided the missile to the target, resulting
in a successful threat elimination. Subsequently, three Banshee drones
were launched simultaneously, necessitating the launch and guidance
of three missiles. Thanks to APAR’s unique Interrupted Continuous
Wave Illumination technology, enabling the simultaneous guidance of
multiple missiles to various targets; this part of the trial was also
successful.
The trials were performed at the Missile Test Range off the Scottish
coast in the Atlantic Ocean. HDMS Peter Willemoes was escorted by HDMS
Niels Juel.
Gerben Edelijn, Thales Nederland’s CEO says: “This
excellent result proves that Thales’ APAR and the unique technology
are the standard in missile guidance.”
HDMS Peter Willemoes is one of the three Iver Huitfeldt class air defence
frigates of the Royal Danish Navy. The other two ships are HDMS Iver
Huitfeldt and HDMS Niels Juel. These ships share their Anti-Warfare
suite with the Royal Netherlands Navy’s De Zeven Provincien-class
frigates and the German Navy’s Sachsen-class frigates. The Thales
sensors of this suite include the long range surveillance radar SMART-L
and the multi-function radar APAR.
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