Best than Outdated Patriot: US New Radar Ltamds successfully track wing rockets (photo)

Testing conducted by the executive office of the missile and space program showed Ltamds capabilities to find, track and classify threats from winged missiles, working as a part of the integrated air defense network and about. Ltamds is an advanced radar air defense system designed to identify and damage air threats, among other things, winged and ballistic missiles, as well as hypersonic weapons. Developed by Raytheon Technologies, Ltamds - the first of the new Ghosteye radar family.

This development has greater opportunities compared to the Patriot radar system, which is already considered outdated. As the threats developed, incl. The appearance of hypersonic weapons flying at a speed of more than one and a half kilometers per second, Ltamds is developed to provide the US army with greater situational awareness, improved tracking of threats and extended interaction capabilities.

At the trials of Ltamds she successfully found, tracked and classified the approaching winged rocket, demonstrating her opportunities to function in the mode of full 360-degree observation. The system was fully integrated with the IBCS combat management system, a network platform of command and management, which improves the coordination of Air Air Air Air Air Air.

After classifying the IBCS threat, it calculated the optimal solution for interaction, which ensured a successful launch of the advanced Patriot Advanced Capability-2 Guidance Enhanced Missile-TBM (PAC-2 GEM-T). PAC-2 GEM-T (Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile)-an advanced interceptor missile designed to counteract tactical ballistic missiles and shunting air threats, successfully struck and destroy the target of the winged rocket, using the LTACS.

The main part of the Ltamds radar is about the same size as for the PPO and Patriot system, but the power is more than twice as high. The radar is intended for the integrated air defense system and the US Army. Ltamds is a significant improvement in comparison with the outdated Patriot radar system, which makes it possible to find the threats of a new generation.

While the original Patriot radar first relied on one forward lattice, Ltamds three fully integrated antenna lattices were fully integrated. Three grilles work together, providing a complete 360-degree coating and allowing the system to identify and strike a few threats in any direction at the same time-this opportunity was inaccessible in previous Patriot radar. Recall what to expect from the Ramstein meeting with the new head of Pentagon Pete Hegsete.