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Article: Racal promotes EW gear for RN/USN use. (Racal Avionics Ltd.; electronic warfare; Royal Navy/United States Navy)
- Article from:
- Journal of Electronic Defense
- Article date:
- December 1, 1992
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Racal Radar Defence Systems (RRDS) is promoting its Scorpion radar jammer for use in the Royal Navy's (RN) Type 23 ASW frigate and is part of a USN concept study into future submarine ESM technology teamed with Lockheed Sanders and Kollmorgan.
Begun in the mid-1980s, the Scorpion is a naval radar jammer covering the 7.5- to 18-GHz frequency range and is currently in service with what RRDS terms "two overseas customers." Designed for full integration with one of the company's range of surface-ship ESM systems, the Scorpion is made up of one or two dual antenna units (dependent on ship type), a system processor and one or two (dependent on the number of antenna units ...