SCANTER 2001 Selected by Indra for Portuguese Coastal Surveillance System

The contract for the new radar systems is awarded through Spanish Security and IT company INDRA with Portugal's Ministry of State and Internal Administration as customer. The SCANTER 2001 Radar systems will be supplied including Radar Target Tracking.

Security Enhancement

With the new radars, Portugal will benefit from an avant-garde surveillance system that will enhance security on the coast by deploying a seamless network to detect the movement of ships, etc.

Small Target Detection

In an environment like the Portuguese coastline, with harsh weather and poor visibility, the small target detection capability of the SCANTER 2001 radar will be utilized to its fullest. And with a coastline exceeding 560 miles, efficient surveillance is needed.

The Radar Target Tracking equipment will ensure reliable tracking of the targets detected and facilitate and improve the efforts of the Coast Guard to secure the coastline and borders. The new coastal surveillance system will also improve the response capacity when required and will back up rescue operations.

Delivery start-up in 2010

Terma Radar Systems will initiate delivery of the SCANTER radar systems at the beginning of 2010, and installation and implementation of the entire system will be completed by the end of 2011.

SCANTER Radar Family

The SCANTER radar family - well-renowned for years - now comprises

• SCANTER 6000 Solid State, Fully Coherent, Frequency Diversity and Time Diversity X-band Radar for Naval Surface Surveillance, Monitoring Low Airspace, Search and Rescue, Navigation, Self-protection and Helicopter Control
• SCANTER 4100 2D Surface & Air Surveillance Radar for main radar in OPVs and Auxiliary Ships with Helicopter Deck or as a back-up for the 3D-radar on Corvettes or Frigates as well as for Helicopter Control
• SCANTER 4000 2D sea surface and medium range air surveillance
• SCANTER 2001 2D Surface Surveillance Radar for Vessel Traffic Services/Coastal Surveillance, Naval Surveillance and Surface Movement Radar in airports
• The extensive SCANTER Antenna program.