Ground Master 400
The Ground Master 400 is a mobile radar system manufactured by Thales-Raytheon Systems, then Thales Group.[1] GM400 is a fully digital active electronically scanned array long-range air defense 3D radar, offering detection from very high to very low altitudes. It tracks a wide range of targets from highly maneuverable tactical aircraft flying below several hundred feet to the unconventional small radar cross section devices, such as UAVs or cruise missiles
Finnish Ground Master 403 | |
| Country of origin | France |
|---|---|
| Introduced | 2008 |
| No. built | >70 |
| Type | Digital 3D AESA |
| Frequency | S band |
| RPM | 10 |
| Range | 515 km (320 mi) |
| Altitude | 30,500 m (100,100 ft) |
| Azimuth | 360° |
| Elevation | 20° and 40° |
| Precision | <50 m (160 ft) |
The system can be set up by a four-man crew in 60 minutes and can be remotely operated. The system fits in a 20-feet shipping container and weighs less than ten tons. The system can be rapidly deployed mounted on a 6x6 or 8x8 tactical truck and can be transported by a single C-130 aircraft or a helicopter.[2]
The GM400 with a field-proven operational availability of more than 98,5% and a MTBCF of 3500 hrs has been selected by many countries as well as France to protect the European Space Agency's Guiana Space Centre. The system was to be operational by the end of 2012.[3]
The GM400 family includes the GM403 and the GM406. The GM406 has a transmitter which is twice as powerful as the GM403, giving it 20% greater range, increasing from 390 km to 450 km. The GM406 is primarily designed to equip fixed sites, with the GM403 designed to be deployable.
In 2021, Thales introduced a new version, GM400α, with 5 times more processing power, extended range to 515 km and upcoming advanced artificial intelligence algorithms.[4]
These radars are part of the Ground Master family (like GM200, GM60, GM200 MM/A and MM/C) which has been selected by many countries.[5]
Main characteristics
- Air Surveillance Radar
- Crew: 4
- S-band, 3D AESA Radar
- GaN technology
- Modern algorithm to mitigate windfarm effect
- 10 RPM Rotation Rate
- High, medium and low-altitude detection, long-range air defense sensor
- Detects fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, cruise missiles, UAVs, and tactical ballistic missiles
- Coverage:
- Azimuth: 360°
- Elevation: 20° and 40°
- Performance:
- Detection range:
- Fighter aircraft: > 450 km
- Cruise missile: > 250 km
- Max detection rate in altitude: 30.5 km
- Instrumented range: 515 km
- Detection range:
- High mobility, transportability, and reliability
- GM400 requires minimum maintenance (30 hours/year)
- Technical characteristics:
- Digital Beam Forming
- Stacked beam (maximum time on target) technology
- S-Band (high part 2.9 / 3.3 GHz)
- Clear & Doppler modes
- Electronic Counter-CounterMeasures (ECCM) capabilities
- Tactical ballistic missile (TBM) detection capability.
Operators
- Estonia: 2 Ground Master 403 systems[6]
- Finland: 12 Ground Master 403 systems.[6] Local designation is Keva 2010.[7]
- France: 2 systems GM 406 in 2017, 3 in 2019,[6] 12 systems GM 403 in 2022,[8]
- Georgia: 6 GM 403 and GM 200 systems[9][10]
- Germany: 6 systems[6]
- Iraq: 4 systems[11]
- Indonesia: 13 GM 403 systems[12]
- Malaysia: 2 systems[6]
- Slovenia: 2 Ground Master 403 systems.[6]
- Chile: 9 systems[citation needed]
- Morocco: 3 systems[citation needed]
- Bolivia: 4 systems "Ministro de Defensa visita Fábrica de Radares en París", mindef bolivia
- Senegal: 2 systems [13]
- Serbia: 2 systems on order, delivery in 2023[14][15]
- Bangladesh: 2 systems [16]
See also
- KALKAN Air Defence Radar
- TAFLIR, another ground-based, non-fixed (i.e., transportable) search radar (AN/TPS)
- AN/TPS-43
- AN/TPS-75
References
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- ^ Deagel: Ground Master 400
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
- ^ "Ground Master 400 Alpha, taking long-range air surveillance to the next level". Thales Group. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ "Thales fête le 100e déploiement dans le monde d'un radar de sa gamme Ground Master pour la protection de l'espace aérien national | Zone bourse".
- ^ a b c d e f Wolff, Christian. "Ground Master 400 (GM 400)". Radartutorial.eu. Retrieved Oct 22, 2015.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
- ^ "Inauguration of a new air defense radar, the GM 406". Defence France. France. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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- ^ "Military Air Defense Day was celebrated at Alekseevka military base". NEWS. Georgia. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "العراق يتسلم رادارات فرنسية". www.rudawarabia.net. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
- ^ "Thales, PT Len partner for Indonesia's new air surveillance radars". Janes.com. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ^ "Senegal Buys Ground Master radar from Thales", defenceprocurementinternational
- ^ "Srbija sledeće godine dobija nove Talesove radare za Vazdušno osmatranje, javljanje i navođenje". 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Stefanović o nabavci "korneta": Srbija sada ima ubojito oružje".
- ^ "Thales vend des radars high-tech au Bangladesh", La Tribune, 9 July 2020.