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  • HENSOLDT offers Spexer radar for naval use, focusing on drone defence at sea.
  • Spexer radar detects anti-ship missiles and submarine periscopes, enhancing maritime security.
  • Spexer 2000 integrates into German cUAS and NATO partners’ naval defence systems.

Sensor solutions provider - HENSOLDT is now offering its Spexer radar family as naval solution. An initial contract has already been signed with the navy of a NATO country.

The naval version focuses on the detection and defence against drones at sea. In addition, the Spexer radar scans the sea surface for anti-ship missiles and submarine periscopes.

Ranges for the automatic detection

The Spexer radar family offers high-performance surveillance radars for various ranges for the automatic detection and classification of ground, sea and low-flying air targets.

Spexer radar family offers high-performance surveillance radars for various ranges for the automatic detection

The Spexer 2000 is part of Rheinmetall Air Defence's new Skyranger 30 anti-aircraft gun tank (FlakPz). It is also used in the German cUAS programmes for the protection of field camps (ASUL), HoWiSM (high-energy laser for drone defence) and German Armed Forces' NNbS air defence system for close and short-range protection.

HENSOLDT has decades of experience with radar systems in the naval sector and is actively driving forward the further development of key technologies in this area. Various versions of radars from the TRS-4D product family are already in use on board ships belonging to NATO partners.

Functionality of products 

“We can use software to expand the functionality of our products so that they can be used in various scenarios,” says Markus Rothmaier, Head of Naval & Ground Radars at HENSOLDT. 

He adds, “With our capabilities in motion, we are predestined for maritime applications. Therefore, the use of the Spexer radar at sea is another logical step on our path to equipping maritime units.”

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