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IAI Elta Showcasing Navantia F100, DCNS FREMM & BAE Type 26 Designs with MF-STAR Radar.
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 MF-STAR fitted on Navantia's F100 design |
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Navantia
CSC proposal basic specifications: Original design: F100 (Spanish Navy Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate) Length overall: 146.7 m Max beam: 18.6 m Displacement: 5900 t Accommodation: 234 The original design is fitted with the Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1D passive electronically scanned multifunction radar and the Aegis combat system. A variant was selected by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) known as the Hobart-class air warfare destroyer. Another variant of the Hobart-class/F100 design was recently shortlisted for the RAN SEA5000 ASW Frigate program. This variant is fitted with a CEAFAR2 radar by Australian company CEA Technologies. |
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 MF-STAR fitted on DCNS' FREMM design |
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DCNS CSC proposal basic specifications: Original design: FREMM (Aquitaine class) Length overall: 142 m Max beam: 20 m Displacement: 6000 t Accommodation: 120 to 180 The original design (as used by the French, Egyptian and Moroccan navies) is fitted with the Thales Herakles multifunction radar. For the CSC program, DCNS proposes a new 4 panel array radar (active electronically scanned) from Thales. To learn more, read our recent focus and interview on DCNS CSC proposal at this link. |
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 MF-STAR fitted on BAE Systems' Type 26 / GCS design |
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BAE Systems CSC proposal basic specifications: Original design: Global Combat Ship (Royal Navy Type 26) Length: 148.5 m Max beam: 20 m Displacement: 6,000 t Accommodation: 118 crew + 72 embarked forces The Type 26 is the future Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate that will replace the Royal Navy's 13 Type 23 frigates and other ships. BAE Systems says the Type 26 / Global Combat Ship will be a highly capable and versatile multi-mission warship designed to support anti-submarine warfare, air defence and general purpose operations anywhere on the world’s oceans. A variant was recently shortlisted for the RAN SEA5000 ASW Frigate program. This variant is fitted with a CEAFAR2 radar by Australian company CEA Technologies. |
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 Also shown on the IAI Elta stand at Balt Military Expo (but not in the video): MF-STAR fitted on TKMS F125 design |
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TKMS CSC proposal basic specifications: Original design: F-125 (Baden-Württemberg class) Length: 149.5 m Max beam: 18.8 m Displacement: 7,200 t Accommodation: 110 (up to 190) The F125-class frigates are built by ARGE F125 consortium, lead by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and supplemented by Blohm + Voss, Nordsweerke and Lurssen Werft. A total of four vessels will be built for the German Navy. The “Baden-Württemberg” is scheduled for delivery in 2016 and the last one in 2019. Although the F125-class ships are frigates their displacement is much larger, closer to that of a destroyer, as it reaches 7,200 tonnes. They are built to replace the eight Bremen-class frigates, which entered service in the ‘80s, and carry out a wide range of missions, both combat and humanitarian. |
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The
MF-STAR video
that IAI Elta was showing during Balt Military Expo 2016 in Poland |
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About
MF-STAR The MF-STAR antenna includes four fixed faces of active arrays in S-band frequency, delivering a high-quality air and surface situation picture and weapon support – particularly in severely cluttered target, electronic, topographical and environmental conditions. With advanced technology and robust system architecture, the MF-STAR employs unique, proven multi-beam and pulse doppler techniques to extract low RCS targets from complex clutter and jamming environments. Moreover, the MF-STAR radar can be easily scaled to fit different requirements and different ship sizes – from 1200-tonne corvettes to frigate/destroyers weighing 7000+ tons. The radar is already in service with two navies in missions similar to those proposed for the CSC. No one from IAI Elta could comment about the CSC program during Balt Military Expo (all representative being business development managers specialized for the central/east European region). IAI Elta was showcasing the system for the Miecznik defense coastal vessels and the Czapla offshore patrol vessels programs of the Polish Navy. The MF-STAR is already fitted aboard Saar 5 class corvettes of the Israeli navy and the Kolkata class destroyers of the Indian navy. |
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