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Master - A

New threats, new requirements :

Every sovereign nation shall prepare to cope with the global military capabilities that will be prevalent in the coming years: the spread of ballistic missiles and the appearance of sophisticated weapons such as high- maneuvering aircraft, UAVs or cruise missiles.

Securing your future :

Conventional Air Command & Control Systems fit with conventional threat. With its unique features, MASTER-A is specifically designed to enhance existing systems and make them effective against all these emerging threats. Master-A is a first step towards the rising world of Extended Air Defense.

Features :

• Electronic scanning in azimuth (+/- 40°) and elevation (0 to 60°)
• Data rate : 4 seconds (rotating model) / up to 0,1 second (staring mode, antenna stopped)
• S (I-J) band
• Large operating bandwith : 400 Mhz
• Fully solid-state T/R modules

Operational use :

• Unattended
• Stand-alone with co-located C2 facility
• Backbone integrated in air operation network

Detection envelope :

• Instrumented range :
  • Surveillance : 300 km
  • Tracking : 370 km

• Ceiling : up to 80,000 ft (surveillance)
• Elevation coverage : 60°

Accuracy / Discrimination on combat aircraft :
 

• Range :
  • normal resolution : 30m / 220m
  • high resolution : better than 50m

• Azimuth : up to 0.1° (high precision)
• Height : 1,700 ft at 100 Nm (high precision)

Transportability (land, sea and air) :

• Three 20-foot ISO containers and one 20-foot ISO platform
• Three 10-ton trucks + one 20-ton trailer
• Aircraft (C-130 type)

Deployment :

• Assembly / disassembly : 90 minutes / 8 people

Miscellaneous :

• MTBCF > 1,100 hours (Mean Time Between Critical Failures)
• Availability > 99,9 %