Two-faced a good thing for CEA
21 Nov 2008
CEA Technologies has met an important technical milestone in the ANZAC Frigate Anti-Ship Missile Defence upgrade project.
CEA successfully demonstrated their CEAFAR fixed-face active phased array radar operating two faces to track air targets in a complex land environment.
The demonstration was part of the project confidence building and risk reduction program.
CEA Technical Director Ian Croser said this was an extraordinary achievement – to do so much in such a short time says a lot for the company and its people.
The next step in the program is a sea trial on an ANZAC Frigate this month, requiring CEA to take on additional work that commenced just five months ago.
“This early demonstration of a production build dual face system on an ANZAC will further increase confidence that Navy will get what it needs to significantly enhance the capability of the Class,” Croser said.
Top job
CEA successfully demonstrated their intelligent CEAFAR fixed-face active phased array radar.
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