Royal Netherlands Navy in General
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 11:44 am
US Navy destroyer uses Thales’ radar for SM-3 Launch on Remote test
The US Navy’s destroyer USS Paul Ignatius has conducted a Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) ‘Launch on Remote’ test using data from Thales’ SMART-L Naval Multi-Mission (SMART-L MM/N) radar.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile ship also used the track data from the long-range surveillance radar to guide the SM-3 interceptor to destroy a non-separating ballistic missile in space.
This activity was conducted during the US-led military Missile Defence exercise ‘At Sea Demo/Formidable Shield 2021 (ASD/FS21)’.
Installed on the Royal Netherlands Navy’s De Zeven Provinciën-class air defence and command frigate ‘HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën’, the SMART-L MM/N surveillance radar autonomously detected and tracked the ballistic missile.
ASD/FS21 exercise is an integrated air and missile defence (IAMD) drill on the Hebrides test range in the Western Isles of Scotland.
It is organised by the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet and the Maritime Theater Missile Defence Forum.
The SMART-L MM/N long range surveillance radar successfully tracked the ballistic missile for more than five minutes as it reached speeds of 3km/s and an altitude of more than 300km.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer received the tracking data through the Nato communications network.
Continues at:
https://www.naval-technology.com/news/u ... mote-test/
Link from Tim.
The US Navy’s destroyer USS Paul Ignatius has conducted a Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) ‘Launch on Remote’ test using data from Thales’ SMART-L Naval Multi-Mission (SMART-L MM/N) radar.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile ship also used the track data from the long-range surveillance radar to guide the SM-3 interceptor to destroy a non-separating ballistic missile in space.
This activity was conducted during the US-led military Missile Defence exercise ‘At Sea Demo/Formidable Shield 2021 (ASD/FS21)’.
Installed on the Royal Netherlands Navy’s De Zeven Provinciën-class air defence and command frigate ‘HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën’, the SMART-L MM/N surveillance radar autonomously detected and tracked the ballistic missile.
ASD/FS21 exercise is an integrated air and missile defence (IAMD) drill on the Hebrides test range in the Western Isles of Scotland.
It is organised by the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet and the Maritime Theater Missile Defence Forum.
The SMART-L MM/N long range surveillance radar successfully tracked the ballistic missile for more than five minutes as it reached speeds of 3km/s and an altitude of more than 300km.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer received the tracking data through the Nato communications network.
Continues at:
https://www.naval-technology.com/news/u ... mote-test/
Link from Tim.