Navy Recognition:

According to information published on December 15, 2020, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and HENSOLDT have signed a joint strategic cooperation agreement. Under the agreement, the two companies will jointly manufacture radar systems for ballistic missile defense and participate in air and space surveillance projects. As a first step, HENSOLDT and the IAI subsidiary ELTA will offer a long-range radar for use on the F124 Sachsen-class frigates of the German Navy. This radar operates in the S-band, which allows much more precise detection of targets in space than other solutions.

The F124 Sachsen class is Germany’s latest class of highly-advanced air-defense frigates. The ship was built by ARGE F124, a consortium consisting of Blohm + Voss as the leading yard, Howaldtwerke-Deutsche Werft and Thyssen Nordseewerke.

IAI (Israel Aerospace Industries) will contribute its technological know-how and many years of experience in the development and manufacture of defense systems against long-range ballistic missiles, so that components already proven in service will be used. The German sensor house HENSOLDT, which equips all major ships of the German Navy with radars, will manufacture the core components and completely assemble the radar systems. These long-range radars can be offered to the German customer as well as other NATO partners; service support for the entire lifetime of the system can also be provided by HENSOLDT.

The cooperation agreement was concluded with IAI’s ELTA group, which developed the Ultra and Spectra radar family. These radars provide enhanced search and detection capabilities of ballistic missiles and satellites at longer ranges. The radars are mature, field-proven products that allow flexible design to support changes in operational requirements for future threats…

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