AAD 2016: Dual band radar goes on
Reutech is to continue working on the RSR320 Dual Band Radar (DBR) XL system despite development being temporarily suspended.
A partnership between Denel and Saab for the provision of the latter’s Giraffe AMB radar to be the guidance system for the Umkhonto air defence missile system appears to have scuppered Reutech’s plans to offer the DBR XL in this role.
However, Anthony Green, product strategy executive at Reutech, told Shephard that they are still working on the system because it can ‘bring more’ to the Umkhonto missile because of its level of accuracy.
He said that no other radar has
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