The new offering is reportedly designed to offer a fully automatic approach to processing radar and communications signals for situational awareness and self-protection.

This is expected to help preserve a naval force’s unlimited access to sea, air and land, while also supporting the monitoring of national waters, harbors and critical infrastructure.

“It is imperative to contribute to situational awareness with assets at sea,” Michael Niewöhner, vice president ELINT/RESM, Rohde & Schwarz, said.

“This is achieved by surveilling the sea and littoral waters and by identifying platforms and operating patterns with the electromagnetic spectrum.”

The naval ES solution has also been built to detect, identify and locate complex and broadband radar emissions, helping to “capture enemy communications”.

The offering combines results to provide an extended picture of the entire electromagnetic spectrum.

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The solution’s “high sensitivity and accuracy” would also reportedly result in an increased range coverage and early warning capability, in addition to protecting navy vessels against time-critical threats.

“Thanks to the new Rohde & Schwarz naval ES solution, it is now possible to gain a complete picture of a situation and identify potential threats at an early stage,” Stefan Leo, solution manager RESM, Rohde & Schwarz, said.

“A combined approach for radar and communications signals provides the benefits of increased reaction time, reliable results and greater situational awareness.

“Radar threats are identified much earlier (more time to react), false alarm rates are significantly lower (better decision making) and the level of self-protection increases. The new system provides signal intelligence capabilities, enabling operators on board to easily analyse unknown signals and enhance emitter databases for automatic identification.”

According to Rohde & Schwarz, the new naval ES solution has already attracted interest from undisclosed customers.

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