Kalaetron RWR
Airborne radar warning receiverThe challenge
Existing and future threats require adaptive detection and classification capabilities so that mission and platform can obtain optimal protection.
In today’s electromagnetic spectrum, communication and radar signals from civilian and military applications can overlap. Detecting and locating objects correctly can be challenging due to wind turbines, active jamming and urban scenarios. Modern radar systems are extremely agile and use large frequency bands. Knowledge of radar-based threats gained during missions is not always available. The evaluation and availability of information gained from earlier and current missions is essential for the success of subsequent missions.
Challenges:
- Dealing with unknown radar threats
- Recognising radar signals in the frequency
band of communication signals - Difficulty in recognising new radar threats
with analogue systems - Enhanced lifetime of existing platforms
- Network-centric operations
Our solution
The HENSOLDT Kalaetron RWR (Radar Warning Receiver) is a vital part of the AMPS self protection suite that warns users if the platform has been located by a radar system. Besides the core task – self protection – the Kalaetron RWR also serves as an extremely capable data collection device for outstanding reconnaissance capabilities. The Kalaetron RWR is part of HENSOLDT’s Kalaetron product family.
The system consists of the following components:
- Antenna front-end
- Digital front-end receiver
- Central processor
Features and benefits
Features
- Ultra Low False Alarm Rate
- Software Only Upgrades
- 100% Access to All Recorded Data
- Data Recording from Unknown Emitters
- ESM Functionality
- AMPS Self-Protection Suite Integration
- Highest Intercept Probability (POI)
- Excellent COMS suppression
- Outstanding Multi-Signal Capability
- Wind Farm Reflection Suppression
- Adaptive Filtering for HPRF Emitters
- Minimal reaction time <1sec
- Upgradable for future use through AI software
Software features:
- A self learning algorithm helps to analyze and locate emitters and threats
- Mission preparation, mission execution and post flight analysis in one package
- ESM mission management
- Visualization of electronic order of battle
- Sharing of data with own and allied forces
Benefits
- Increased survivability that leads to increased troops morale
- Information superiority to be one step ahead
- Protection of own and allied forces through data sharing
- Extremely capable data collection device
- Contribution to get a dense intelligence picture
- Increased situational awareness
- Network centric requirements
- Big data management
- Threat detection, verification and classification
- Emitter identification and localization
- Signal recording and analysis
- Modular and platform-agnostic
- More than protection – emitter analysis and geolocation