British fleet's new radar system can detect a supersonic tennis ball 25 km away
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Artisan 3D Medium Range Radar Type 997 in the Anechoic Chamber
Artisan 3D Medium Range Radar Type 997 testing
Artisan 3D Medium Range Radar Type 997
Artisan 3D Medium Range Radar Type 997 and Support Engineer
Artisan 3D Medium Range Radar Type 997 and Support Engineers
Artisan 3D Medium Range Radar Type 997 on a Queen Elizabeth Class mockup
BAE Systems' Artisan 3D Medium Range Radar Type 997
Artisan 3D Medium Range Radar Type 997 on a mockup of a Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier
Artisan 3D Medium Range Radar Type 997 on a mockup of a Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier
Artisan 3D Medium Range Radar Type 997 can detect objects 200 km away
Artisan 3D Medium Range Radar Type 997 is designed to prevent jamming
Artisan 3D Medium Range Radar Type 997
Artisan 3D Medium Range Radar Type 997 in the Anechoic Chamber
Artisan 3D Medium Range Radar Type 997 in the Anechoic Chamber
Artisan radar infographic
Article Summary
If you've ever worried about the threat from supersonic tennis balls, then BAE Systems’ Artisan medium-range Type 997 3D surveillance radar should put you at ease – it can detect one traveling at Mach 3 (1,980 mph, 3,186 km/h) at a distance of 25 kilometers (15.5 mi). The new radar, developed for the Royal Navy’s Type 23 Duke-class frigates, is designed to simultaneously detect 900 targets smaller than a bird, against background noise equivalent to 10,000 mobile phone signals at ranges from 200 meters (656 ft) to 200 kilometers (124 mi).
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