ADEX 2017: LIG Nex1 airs AESA radars
LIG Nex1 exhibited two vehicle-mounted radar system prototypes at Seoul ADEX 2017, one named the Weapon Locating Radar (pictured on the right above) and the other called Short-Range Air Defence Radar (on the left).
The latter features an active electronically scanned array (AESA) that uses gallium nitride (GaN) technology for its transmit/receive (TR) modules. The 3D radar can track aircraft, helicopters, small UAVs and even missiles such as anti-radiation types, according to LIG Nex1 officials.
The unimaginatively named Short-Range Air Defence Radar (formerly referred to as the Local Area Defence Radar) works in the X-band and it can track more
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