IAI completes WindGuard deliveries for US Army
Almost 400 Israeli-made active protection radars are being installed on US Army MBTs.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has completed deliveries of ‘several hundred’ ELM-2133 WindGuard active protection radars to DRS Land Systems.
This was achieved on time despite the challenging COVID-19 operating environment of the past 12 months, IAI announced on 11 January.
Almost 400 WindGuard systems will be installed on Abrams MBTs operated by the US Army, as part of the Rafael Trophy active protection system.
The phased-array WindGuard radar is designed to be integrated with soft-kill and hard-kill countermeasures that protect armoured vehicles. It is already in use with the Israel Defense Forces on Merkava MBTs and Namer APCs.
WindGuard operates in the 2.3-2.5GHz/2.7GHz to 3.7GHz frequency range, according to Shephard Defence Insight.
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