P-18 (Spoon Rest)
User tailored meter band radar system
Simple and cost effective solution of mobile surveillance VHF band radar
Variants
- Brand new radar system
On the chassis according to the user's choice
- Complete modernization of older VHF band radar
Such as: P-18 "Spoon Rest", P-14 Tall King, etc.
- Partial VHF band radar modernization
Scope of the modernization depends on
- Wear of the system
- System status and conditions
- User requirements
Features
- Solid state transmitter
- Powerful and sophisticated Signal and Radar Data Processing
- Modern data presentation and MMI
- User tailored data output / radar networking
- Optional ECCM channel for active jamming suppression
Example of successful export is a complete modernization of Early Warning Ground Control radar P-18 "Spoon Rest".
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The P-18 radar is a 2D mobile early warning radar operating in VHF band. Main P-18 radar advantages are ability to detect stealth targets and inability of anti-radiation missiles seeker to detect such radar (VHF antenna does not fit into missile body).
Despite of highly reliable simple mechanical construction, original radar cannot fulfill today's requirements. Original radar signal processing is not able to detect and track targets inside heavy jammed or cluttered regions. Manual data readout does not fulfill requirements on target processing capacity and accuracy.
Proposed radar modernization suppresses aforesaid imperfections. Modernized radar provides significant performance improvement.
Radar Modernization Benefits
- New design of electronics architecture
- Tailored solution according to user needs
- Improving the radar system performance
- Application of the latest digital and microwave technologies
- Increased resistance to the electronic warfare (ECCM)
- Introduction of digital radar data output interfaces
- Removing outdated and inaccessible components
- Increase reliability, lifetime and spare parts availability
- Improved diagnostics and remote control
- Integration of standard identification system friend or foe
- Reduced operating costs
The radar modernization can be carried out either at RETIA, a.s. plant or to avoid radar transport at user's overhaul enterprises. An overall support is guaranteed for production as well as service phases.
Suggested radar modernization can be gradually structured depending on user requirements, military authority policy, budget priority, etc.
P-18 Radar Modernization includes
- Fully coherent all-solid state radar transmitter
- Receiver with direct digitizing of signal at IF
- Digital Signal Processor with MTD processing
- Data Processor with automatic target coordinates extraction
- Local console LMCC (for analogue and synthetic target data and comprehensive monitoring and control information)
- Standard radar console SRCC
- Radar data recording equipment
- Auxiliary ECCM channel - ECCM antenna array and receiver
- Auxiliary GPS channel - GPS antenna and receiver
- BITE (online and offline)
Option
- IFF system integration - IFF interrogator and flat array antenna
