Card Index of Radar Sets - Battlefield Radars

RAC 3D “Flamingo”

The RAC alert and co-ordination 3-D radar operates in the G/H-Band which offers, within a 100 km range envelope, the best trade-off between atmospheric attenuation, transmitting power resolution and antenna size versus detection of small targets, such as those flying at very low Altitude in heavy clutter. RAC 3D employs a state-of-the-art planar phased-array and a digital pulse compression.

Tree types of the RAC radar station are in service:

• A two-shelter radar station in order to separate the radar from the combat control system for alerting the surface-to-air missiles “Stinger”, in service with the Danish Army.
• A compact radar station named “Flamingo” with the radar itself and the combat control system housed on a single shelter, is being supplied to the Austrian Army for surface-to-air missile “Mistral” alerting.
• The Austrian Air Force has acquired RAC 3D compact radars as gap fillers.

The RAC 3D alert and co-ordinating radar accomplishes the following tasks:

• warning and control for anti-aircraft guns and missiles over a range of 80 km
• detection and target identification
• air situation analysis
• Alerting of up to 12 “Mistral” or AAA units

The RAC 3D gap filler radars accomplishes the following tasks:

• Warning and control over a range of 100 km
• Detection and target identification
• Equipped with a computer and communications links two workstations interfaces with the country's air defence systems.

Specifications of the compact radar:

Author: Wolfgang Wieser, Austria