TRML‑4D Radar

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Photo Credit: HENSOLDT

General Description

  • Latest member of HENSOLDT’s C‑band (NATO G‑band) radar family
  • Remote‑controlled mobile unit for effective ground‑based air defence
  • Software‑defined sensor system ensuring future viability and operational flexibility
  • Already field‑proven in real combat environments

Operational Benefits

  • High accuracy C‑band performance
  • Exceptional field‑proven track ranges
  • AESA look‑back feature provides:
    • Fast high‑priority track initiation, confirmation, and engagement‑quality settling
    • Robust weapon support tracks with high update rate
  • Rapid deployment: camp and decamp within 10 minutes
  • Excellent survivability in congested combat environments:
    • Works in combination with HENSOLDT Twinvis Passive Radar (air picture under EMCON conditions)
    • Equipped with dedicated ECCM features
  • Integrated IFF capability (Mode NSM, Mode 5, and Mode S)

Primary Radar Technical Features

Frequency & Type

  • Frequency band: C‑band (IEEE), G‑band (NATO)
  • Type: Pulse Doppler, GaN Solid State AESA

Instrumented Parameters

  • Range: 250 km
  • Height: 40 km
  • Radar cross section (RCS): 0.01 m²

Minimum Range

  • Less than 200 m

Elevation Coverage

  • Surveillance: −2° to 70° (electronic tilt down to −10°)
  • Tracking: up to 90°

Tracking Capability

  • 3D tracking of more than 1,500 targets in parallel
  • Confirmed track range:
    • Fighter aircraft: > 120 km
    • Supersonic missile: > 60 km

Track Accuracy (Track‑While‑Scan, Sigma)

  • Azimuth: < 0.2°
  • Elevation: < 0.3°
  • Range: < 15 m

Scanning Functions

  • Azimuth scan: Mechanical, 360° continuous rotation with electronic scan
  • Elevation scan: AESA stacked beam with electronic stabilization

Operational Functions

  • Target categorizing
  • Cued search
  • Cued track
  • Own weapon tracking (“Skin Track”)
  • Kill indication
  • Overflight tracking

Identification Friend or Foe (IFF)

  • Integrated MkXII‑A/S capability
  • Includes Mode 5 and Mode S

Mobility

  • Transportable on cross‑country trucks (e.g., MAN HX77)
  • Equipped with 20 ft ISO container fittings


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