At Euronaval 2016, Thales is presenting its latest dual-axis multi-beam radar, NS200, a larger version of the NS100, which is already in full series production. The company says that NS200 brings advanced multi-mission capabilities to naval platforms up to destroyers with an unequalled 400km range performance for this type of radar.

Thanks to its dual-axis multi-beam design, the AESA-based sensor system provides high-quality weapon support while maintaining fully automated detection and tracking of all naval threats. Compared to the NS100, NS200 features more transmit and receive modules and uses newer and more powerful Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology.

NS200 is Thales’s first radar to be offered with a full lifecycle support programme for carefree operation. This programme covers training, status and obsolescence monitoring, scheduled maintenance and upgrades and smart spare kits. This will give users a better predictability of their yearly maintenance budgets, higher operational availability and functional upgrades throughout the product life-cycle.

The NS200 presented on the Thales booth is a real system, not a mock-up. It is the First-Of-Class system from the production line.

NS200 offers an instrumented range of 400 km with simultaneous high elevation coverage. The system can be delivered with integrated X-band surface surveillance radar and an IFF Interrogator.