Extra sensors enhance Elta radar capabilities
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) subsidiary Elta Systems has developed new sensors for a variant of its ELM-2084 Multi-Mission Radar (MMR).
The baseline ELM 2084 MMR forms part of the recently enhanced Rafael Iron Dome rocket interceptor.
ELM-2084 is a mobile S-Band MMR system with an advanced 3D AESA for air defence and artillery location missions. In addition, a fire control radar enables control via uplink to anti-missile interception systems and SAM systems.
According to IAI, the S-Band radar can detect up to 1,100 different targets simultaneously at a maximum range of 470km.
The radar is highly mobile and can be transported at
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