The Vostok 3S looks like a S-band phased array radar. Can't say anything about the performance, but it seems alright on paper (360km range). Not sure how much of a stomach we have in terms of wanting radar technology for the sake of developing our own solutions, but I'm putting it out there, Belarus could be a source for assistance on that front.
DSA 2016: KB Radar develops new 3-D surveillance radar !
KB Radar has developed a 3-D version of its Vostok radar set. The company, based in Minsk, Belarus, showed a subscale model of the new design at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2016 exhibition and pointed out that the new set integrates a secondary S-band array into the configuration of the previous model.
The S-band installation, which is positioned on the centre of the main antenna, is an electronic phased array that provides the third axis for identifying and extrapolating the co-ordinates of potential targets. The additional S-band array, however, in no way detracts from the ability of this mobile radar station to rapidly deploy and re-locate, said the company.
According to a KB Radar representative, "This radar installation still can be shut down and the entire array folded into its compact and transportable mode in six minutes - the additional array does not interfere with this." He added, "On the contrary, the S-band antenna enhances the mobility of this radar since it eliminates the need for a separate height-finder array. All of the information required to provide targeting cues to an air-defence system is now available from one radar set."
The original Vostok design has replaced versions of the P-18 Spoon Rest radar widely used across the former Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact nations, as well as in Southeast Asia. One of the customers for the earlier version of the Vostok design is Vietnam, which maintains air-defence systems that are almost entirely Russian.
The KB Radar representative at DSA pointed out that the new Vostok variant is not just the previous design with the S-band array 'bolted on' to the older radar.
"Radar technology - like everything else - evolves and this version of the Vostok is a new-generation radar that contains more advanced components than its predecessor. You cannot add this S-band antenna on to the older Vostok radar and turn a 2-D into a 3-D radar set," he said.
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DSA 2016: Belarus-based Adunok announces new naval, coastal patrol rotary platform
Belarus's Adunok showcased its latest product at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2016 exhibition. This platform is a marine variant of the Adunok remote-operated rotary platform that combines a 12.7 mm gun with a 30 mm automated grenade launcher. The platform is designed to be mounted to a green-water navy-size vessel or coastal patrol ship. At DSA 2016, company officials told IHS Jane's that this turret is an adaptation of designs that have been fitted for many years to Russian and Soviet-era design ground vehicles.
Adunok specialists said the system of stabilisation for the turret's installation onboard a naval vessel and the algorithms used in the fire-control computer software are somewhat different from that employed on a wheeled vehicle. "However, there is a significant modification made for the naval application and the fire-control system still keeps the gun automatically fixed on the target and adjusts for the movement of both the target and the vessel," a company representative said.
At DSA 2016, Adunok displayed both a scale model of the turret and the 15-inch control console that remotely manages the turret rotation and firing. The control console includes a function panel, helicopter gunship-style joystick, and trackball. The targeting system is a combination of three sensors: a video camera with a range of 2,000 m, a thermal vision camera with a range of 1,000 m, and a laser rangefinder with a range of 2,500 m. The company claims the effective engagement range of the turret is "not less than 1,000 m".
Adunok produces the control console unit and the fire-control system, as well as the turret itself. It is co-located with another Belarus firm, Display, in the city of Vitebsk, from which some components of the control console are sourced.
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