The Type 997 Artisan (Advanced Radar Target Indication Situational Awareness and Navigation) is a medium-range air and surface surveillance active electronically scanned array 3D radarBAE Systems: Artisan, baesystems.com developed and built by BAE Systems for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. It has been fitted to all 13 Type 23 frigates, former , former , former , and .
The Type 997 Artisan has a range of 200m – at 30RPM and is reportedly capable of tracking more than 900 targets at once. BAE Systems states that Artisan is capable of detecting objects as small as a tennis ball and travelling at three times the speed of sound more than 25km away. Artisan can cut through radio interference equal to 10,000 mobile phone signals. This modern radar can defend against complex radar jamming.BAE Systems: Type 997 Artisan 3D, baesystems.com, Retrieved 28 June 2014
Operators List of countries that use or will use the Artisan:
– Used on NAM Atlântico and the NDM Oiapoque. – Used on the 10 Type 23 Frigate and 8 Type 26 Frigates, as well the aircraft carriers and . – Will be used on a new family of light frigates and are being refit to the 6 Kang Ding-class frigates as part of an AAW upgrade.
See also
S1850M radar SAMPSON radar
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