Jane’s 360:
Australia’s Department of Defence (DoD) has received a prototype vehicle-mounted, active phased-array tactical radar from local company CEA Technologies for potential use in the country’s future ground-based air-defence system.
The CEATAC radar, which was displayed mounted on an Australian-produced Hawkei light protected vehicle, was formally accepted by Defence Minister Christopher Pyne during the Land Forces 2018 defence exhibition in Adelaide.
CEATAC will potentially replace the ThalesRaytheonSystems AN/MPQ-64F1 Sentinel high-resolution, 3D radar in providing direct fire control and general surveillance for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), the acquisition of which is awaiting Second Pass Approval in mid-2019 under Australia’s Project Land 19 Phase 7B. CEATAC will also feed into the recognised air picture.
