APAR

APAR is part of the frigate Hamburg ( frigate type Sachsen ).

APAR is the name of a multifunction radar made by Thales . The word APAR is an abbreviation and is written out as Active Phased Array Radar, both for the Thales product and for a general functional principle of radar technology, based on an Active Electronically Scanned Array .

Designed for use on warships, this modern multifunctional radar is one of the most powerful tactical radar systems in the world. The German-Dutch APAR is comparable to the American AN / SPY-1 .

development

The APAR system was developed by the Dutch tracking device manufacturer Signaal , which is now part of the French Thales group .

technology

The APAR does not use a rotating antenna , but four planar fixed phased array antennas , each with more than 3000 very small transmitter / receiver elements, which divide the azimuth range into four 90 ° sectors . All antennas can examine their sectors at the same time and also track many sea and air destinations within each sector at the same time. The number of automatically trackable targets is 1000, the number of targets that can be combated at the same time is around 60. The data obtained are passed on to a command and weapon deployment system . The receiver modules of the radar are produced by the American company Sanmina .

APAR users

country	class	Type	Commissioning of the first ship	number	displacement	length	Remarks
Germany Germany	F124	frigate	2004	3	5,690 t	143 m	is based on the Trilateral Frigate Cooperation
Netherlands Netherlands	De Zeven Provinciën class	frigate	2002	4th	6,050 t	144 m	is based on the Trilateral Frigate Cooperation
Denmark Denmark	Iver Huitfeldt class	frigate	2012	3	5,850 t	139 m

The Canadian Navy is planning to equip the Province class, the replacement for the 40-year-old Iroquois class destroyer , with the European APAR and SMART-L radar systems .

Web links

Manufacturer page about APAR (English)
Thales Canada page about APAR TMU development ( Memento from October 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF; 148 kB)
Thales Nederland page about March 2005 missile firings supported by APAR ( Memento of December 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
NavalTechnology page about De Zeven Provinciën class frigates (English)
NavalTechnology page about Sachsen class frigates (English)
Radar device index on the Radar Basics homepage

Individual evidence

↑ thalesgroup.com: APAR - Active Phased Array multifunction Radar ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed February 21, 2011

^ ^A ^b Richard Scott: Phased array radar scans Canadian Surface Combatant [CANSEC2016D1]. In: janes.com. Janes Defense & Security, May 25, 2016, accessed August 30, 2019 .

[1] thalesgroup.com: APAR - Active Phased Array multifunction Radar ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed February 21, 2011

[:0-2] A ^b Richard Scott: Phased array radar scans Canadian Surface Combatant [CANSEC2016D1]. In: janes.com. Janes Defense & Security, May 25, 2016, accessed August 30, 2019 .