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ASTOR contractors reveal radar sensor details. (UK's Airborne Stand-off Radar)

By Streetly, Martin
Publication: Microwave Journal
Date: Thursday, October 1 1998

The three contractor teams bidding for the UK's Airborne Stand-off Radar (ASTOR) contract have revealed additional information on the radar sensors they are proposing. UK contractor Racal Radar Defence Systems (RRDS) is developing an active, electronically scanned synthetic aperture radar/moving target indicator (SAB/MTI) sensor for use in the ASTOR solution being proposed by the Lockheed Martin UK Government Systems Ltd. consortium. The design utilises antenna-mounted transceiver modules developed by Raytheon Systems and employs an RF system based on the company's Searchwater 2000

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