New SPEXER security radar offers new capabilities in threat detection
Cassidian, the renamed defense and security division of EADS, is showing its new security radar; the company says that SPEXER 2000 is the first security radar using the newest radar technology of Active Electronically Scanning Array (AESA); by electronic guidance of the radar beam, this technology enables the sensor to fulfill several tasks at the same time while increasing the detection capability substantially; therefore, one SPEXER 2000 can replace two or more conventional radars
Cassidian, the renamed defense and security division of EADS, introduces a new security radar into the market which, by using new technologies, opens up new opportunities for the surveillance of border areas or sensitive industrial installations.
The radar which has been sold as part of a huge border protection system under the designation TRGS Sec ( Tactical Radar Ground Surveillance, Security) forms the nucleus of a product family of security radars named SPEXER. Under the new serial name SPEXER 2000, the radar will be shown for the first time during the International Defense Exhibition IDEX in Abu Dhabi. The first batch of forty radars has been delivered for integration in a huge border protection system; a military version has been delivered to the German Army.
“Our new radar has been so successful that we decided to create a complete product family covering all segments of security applications”, explained Bernd Wenzler, CEO of Cassidian Electronics. “Therefore, we renamed the former TRGS Sec as SPEXER 2000 in order to demonstrate the technological coherence of this product family.”
The new product family will consist of several derivatives of SPEXER 2000, each optimized for specific applications. In a first step, a version with maximum capabilities in smaller ranges, SPEXER 1500 together with a specific version for coastal surveillance, SPEXER 2000 Coastal, is expected to enter the market by end of this year. Other versions for the surveillance of critical infrastructure will follow.
The company says that SPEXER 2000 is the worldwide first security radar using the newest radar technology of Active Electronically Scanning Array (AESA). By electronic guidance of the radar beam, this technology enables the sensor to fulfill several tasks at the same time while increasing the detection capability substantially. Therefore, one SPEXER 2000 can replace two or more conventional radars.
The detection performance is based upon a multitude of Transmit- and Receive Modules produced by Cassidian. The company is the European leader of this technology. It delivers similar modules for the earth observation satellite TerraSAR, to the trinational air defense program MEADS (= Medium Extended Air Defense System), and several airborne surveillance and fighter radars.
