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APAR mounted on top of Sachsen class frigate F220 Hamburg's superstructure.
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APAR mounted on top of Sachsen class frigate F220 Hamburg's superstructure.

APAR (Active Phased Array Radar) is a shipborne multi-function radar, developed and manufactured by Thales Nederlands. The radar provides air and surface surveillance, as well as target tracking and weapon guidance (including target illumination). F220 Hamburg in Hamburg Harbour The F124 Sachsen class is Germanys latest class of frigates. ... // Description A giant phased-array radar in Alaska In telecommunication, a phased array is a group of antennas in which the relative phases of the respective signals feeding the antennas are varied in such a way that the effective radiation pattern of the array is reinforced in a desired direction... M*A*S*H , see Corporal Walter (Radar) OReilly. ... The Thales Group is a global electronics company serving aerospace, defence, and information technology markets worldwide. ...


The radar has four sensor arrays (faces), shaped like shields, fixed on a pyramidal structure. Each face consists of 3424 tranceivers operating at I band frequencies. The I band is the range of radio frequencies from 8 GHz to 10 GHz in the electromagnetic spectrum. ...


APAR radars are installed on Dutch De Zeven Provinciƫn and German Sachsen class frigates. F220 Hamburg in Hamburg Harbour The F124 Sachsen class is Germanys latest class of frigates. ...


See also

// Description A giant phased-array radar in Alaska In telecommunication, a phased array is a group of antennas in which the relative phases of the respective signals feeding the antennas are varied in such a way that the effective radiation pattern of the array is reinforced in a desired direction...

External links

  • Manufacturer's page about APAR


 

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