Active Phased Array Radar

APAR (Active Phased Array Radar) adalah sebuah radar multifungsi shipborne (MFR) dikembangkan dan diproduksi oleh Thales Nederland. Ini adalah Active Electronically Scanned Array MFR yang pertama dipekerjakan pada operasional kapal perang.

APAR memiliki empat sensor tetap (yaitu, non-rotating) array (wajah), pada struktur piramida. Setiap wajah terdiri dari 3424 modul transmit/receive (TR) yang beroperasi pada frekuensi X band. [2]

Referensi

• Jane's International Defence Review, September 2010, "Fighting the hydra: multinational piracy operations move inshore"
• Jane's Navy International, August 2010, "Expanding coverage from sea to sky"
• Jane's Radar and Electronic Warfare Systems, 2007-2008 Edition, Edited by Martin Streetly, ISBN 978-0-7106-2811-4
• Jane's Navy International, October 2005, "Live firing tests rewrite the guiding principles"
• Jane's International Defence Review, February 2004, "Active phased array multifunction radars go live for missile firings"

Pranala luar

• Manufacturer page about APAR
• Thales Canada page about APAR TMU development
• Thales Nederland page about March 2005 missile firings supported by APAR Diarsipkan 2011-07-17 di Wayback Machine.
• NavalTechnology page about De Zeven Provinciën class frigates
• NavalTechnology page about Sachsen class frigates