UPDATE . SEPTEMBER 2007 update...offshore patrol vessels (OPVs). The SCANTER 4100 has been developed...
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update
In this Update issue
VT Shipbuilding International and Ultra Electronics
recently selected Terma’s new SCANTER 4001 air/
surface surveillance radar as the prime sensor for
Trinidad and Tobago’s three new offshore patrol vessels.
The SCANTER 2001 surface surveillance radar has
successfully passed its System Acceptance Trials
regarding surface targets aboard the Royal Danish
Navy’s new flexible support ship ABSALON.
ABSALON and its sister ship ESBERN SNARE have
received and installed Terma’s C-Flex Command and
Control system.
Contents
SCANTER 4100 sails south with the Royal Navy / 2
SCANTER 2001 comes aboard ABSALON / 3
New state-of-the-art for cost effective maritime surveillance / 4
Terma Global Presence / 5
Battlefield Network – generic, modular, and flexible solutions / 6
Mission Critical C4IS / 7
C-Flex for the Romanian Navy / 9
The flexible support ship C-Flex systems set to work / 10
TERMA UPDATE . SEPTEMBER 2007
Naval and Surveillance Systems
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SCANTER 4100
SCANTER 4100 sails south with the Royal Navy
The parabolic reflector antenna design producing two seperate beams for air and surface coverage.
Terma’s new SCANTER 4100 air/
surface surveillance radar is being
deployed operationally for the first
time aboard the UK Royal Navy’s
(RN’s) new Ocean Patrol Vessel
Vessel HMS Clyde.
awareness in the South Pacific and
Caribbean theatre of operations. As
well as providing an extended, high
definition air picture at a range of up
to 100 nautical miles, SCANTER 4100
will also support surface surveillance
and air traffic management tasks.
Following completion of harbour
acceptance trials aboard Clyde,
SCANTER 4100 has been the subject
of extensive tracking trials during a
pre-deployment work-up in UK waters,
demonstrating all its key performance
parameters to achieve system
acceptance. The system is integrated
with command and control system
supplied by BAE Systems Integrated
System Technologies.
Built by VT Shipbuilding, and operated
by the RN under lease from VT Maritime
Affairs, Clyde departed from Portsmouth
Naval Base on 20 August to begin the
long voyage to the South Atlantic.
Its task will be to provide extended
surveillance and maritime constabulary
support to narcotics interdiction,
anti-smugling operations and other
illegal activities. It will also be
available to assist disaster relief
operations within the South Pacific
and Caribbean region.
To equip Clyde for this role, VT and
BAE Systems (as combat system
integrator) selected the Terma
SCANTER 4100 radar to provide the
vessel with enhanced situational
TERMA UPDATE . SEPTEMBER 2007 3
SCANTER 4100
SCANTER 2001
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SCANTER 4001 to equip new Trinidad and Tobago patrol vessels
The SCANTER 2001 Naval Surface Surveillance Radar System has been installed aboard ABSALON during 2007
VT Shipbuilding International and
Ultra Electronics have selected
Terma’s new SCANTER 4001 air/
surface surveillance radar as the
prime sensor for Trinidad and
Tobago’s three new 90-metre
offshore patrol vessels (OPVs).
The SCANTER 4100 has been developed
specifically for vessels like OPV’s
supporting operations in extra-territorial
waters to provide extended maritime
Terma’s SCANTER 2001 surface
surveillance radar system has
successfully passed its System
Acceptance Trials regarding surface
targets aboard the Royal Danish
Navy’s new flexible support ship
HDMS Absalon.
Absalon and its sister ship HDMS Esbern
Snare are the largest units in the Royal
Danish Navy. Each displacing 6.300
tons, they are multirole vessels designed
to capable of undertaking command,
logistic support and sealift functions for
elements of the Danish armed forces
deployed on crisis management and
intervention operations as part of a
multinational coalition.
This focus on international operation
requires the ships to deploy to distant
In particular, its capability to detect
and track small air and sea contacts
at extended ranges will provide the
user with much improved situational
awareness as it seeks to crack down
on drugs smuggling and other illicit
activities.
The SCANTER 4001 will be fully
integrated with Ultra Electronics’
OSIRIS© Integrated Mission
Management System offering the
range and resolution to accurately
track difficult targets, cue a weapon
fire control director (if within range) or
provide vectors for interdiction by
accompanying air and surface assets.
surveillance and constabulary support to
narcotics interdiction and anti-smuggling
operations. It is also designed to assist
disaster relief operations.
The first vessels is due to be handed
over by VT to the customer in 2009 and
the third vessel by end of 2010.
Displacing about 2,000 tones, the
ships will be equipped with a high
speed interceptor, and operate a
helicopter from a flight deck aft.
Terma’s SCANTER 4100 system will be
fitted aboard the OPVs to meet the
requirement for a state of the art
surveillance radar capable of offering
coverage out to a range of 100 nm.
and potentially hostile littoral waters
where ‘asymmetric’ attacks from fast
inshore attack craft or waterborne
improvised explosive devices may pose a
very real threat. It was therefore
recognised that Absalon and Esbern
Snare required a surface surveillance
sensor that could provide early detection
of small surface targets in rough weather
conditions up to Sea State 6.
Following an international competition,
Terma was in 2006 selected to provide
the latest version of its SCANTER 2001
radar system to equip Absalon and
Esbern Snare. This will provide the ships
with a high resolution surface picture for
navigation, enhanced situational
awareness and cueing of close range
self-defence systems.
Scanter 2001 comes aboard ABSALON
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SCANTER 4100
SCANTER 4100 – new state-of-the-art for cost effective maritime surveillance.
outstanding reliability. It provides
detection, automatic track initiation
and tracking off all kinds of air and sea
targets, even in heavy precipitation or
high sea states.
Equally important, SCANTER 4100 has
been engineered to offer naval, coast
guard and paramilitary customers the
performance and reliability they
require at a price significantly below
that associated with a conventional
military surveillance radar. Air
detection performance is comparable
with many mil-spec 2D and 3D radar
systems, while surface detection
performance is better than most
competing 2D and 3D radars.
Capitalising on knowledge accrued
through the evolution of the SCANTER
Already selected to meet the needs of
the Royal Navy, the Royal Danish Navy
and the Trinidad and Tobago Coast
Guard, Terma’s SCANTER 4100 radar
represents a new state-of-the-art for
cost effective maritime surveillance.
The SCANTER 4100 is the latest and
most capable member of Terma’s
SCANTER family of maritime
surveillance radars offering customers
superior air and surface situational
awareness in even the most difficult
weather and sea conditions.
Operating in the X-band, SCANTER
4100 is a coherent two-channel, 2D
radar, with pulse compression and MTI
processing, affording excellent
surveillance performance and
One unique aspect of Terma’s SCANTER radar family is the proprietary
FiveStepVideoPassing signal processing chain, which applies a series of five
complementary techniques onto the received signal. These comprise:
stagger (to eliminate second-time echoes and interference from other radars operating on the same frequency);
noise reduction (suppressing clutter and noise with a 3 out of 4 correlation);
adaptive sensitivity control (which suppresses clutter by automatically adapting the detection thresholds to clutter and rain selectively, both in azimuth and range);
sweep to sweep integration (so as to reduce the signal-to-noise and signal-to-clutter ratio);
frequency diversity (illuminating the target with two separate frequencies reduces target fluctuations, while utilisation of antenna squint results in time/space de-correlation of clutter to up to 10 dB)
2001 maritime surface surveillance
radar family over a 15-year period, the
SCANTER 4100 captures our expertise in
antenna design, receiver technology and
advanced signal processing. The result
is a radar system of proven pedigree that
enables the timely and efficient
detection of both very small and fast
moving objects, while maintaining
excellent performance in poor weather
or heavy background clutter.
Technical features
SCANTER 4100 is based on X-band
transmitting frequencies within two
bands: 8.850 to 9.000 GHz for air
coverage; and 9.225 to 9.450 GHz for
surface coverage. To achieve the best
performance for both air and surface
target detection, the system combines
a common TWT transmitter with two
independent receivers using optimised
signal processing and tracking
techniques for the respective air and
surface channels. Pulse compression,
advanced MTI processing, and
proprietary signal sorting techniques
allow for the detection and automatic
tracking of small and non-cooperative
targets in high sea states and
inclement weather.
Parabolic Reflector Antenna
The antenna is a parabolic reflector
design producing two separate beams
(fed by individual feed horns) for air and
surface coverage. Polarisation in both
channels can be selected and switched
individually between horizontal
polarisation and circular polarisation. The
antenna platform is mechanically
stabilised in order to ensure the antenna
maintains a horizontal position within the
parameters necessary for air tracking.
TERMA UPDATE . SEPTEMBER 2007 5
GLOBAL PRESENCE
Terma Global Presence
With Terma’s headquarters centered
in Europe, and with customers
spread all over the world, the need
for local representation in other parts
of the world has become more and
more urgent. Since 2003 Terma has
been represented in the U.S. (Virginia
and Georgia) and effective 1 January
this year, the Singapore regional
office has been up and running
Terma North America
Terma has delivered and installed
several radar systems in the U.S.
rimarily for use by the U.S. Coast
Guard. In order to reside close to our
U.S. customers and partners, both
government and industry, Terma has
established a U.S. subsidiary "Terma
North America Inc" which is
headquartered in "Crystal City",
Arlington, VA. The presence of a
permanent Terma Radar sales manager
in the U.S. has significantly improved
accessibility and facilitated
communication to both existing and
new customers in the U.S. We are
working closely with the U.S. Coast
Guard and other U.S. government law
enforcement entities in the battle
against terrorism and illegal drug/
human smuggling into the U.S. As the
number of oprational systems in the
U.S. increase, and in order to maintain
our high level of responsiveness and
quality, a stateside service and support
organization is currently under
development.
Terma Asia Pacific
Asia is experiencing never-before
economic growth and therefore Terma
decided to open a regional office in
Singapore. Singapore was chosen as
location for her political stability,
efficient and transparent working
systems, well-educated workforce, and
the use of the English language. The
primary tasks of the Terma regional
office is to provide effecient sales
support to system integrators in Asia,
and advice end-users and governmental
authorities about Terma capabilities.
From the very first day our bilingual
Mandarin and English speaking service
manager has been in place to establish
and coordinate our technical support,
service, and maintenance center of
the SCANTER radar systems throughout
the region.
Recently, Terma Asia Pacific secured the
order concerning the replacement
program of radar sensors for the
Maritime & Port Authority in Singapore.
Our local presence and service support
in the region along with the superior
performance of the SCANTER 2001
radar system were key factors when
selecting the SCANTER radar systems
for the upgrade program.
Harbour of Singapore
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BATTLEFIELD NETWORK
Terma Battlefield Network, a generic, modular, and flexible solution
The ideal network platform supports seamless connection between any types of communication equipment, connecting all available resources in one network.
The change from mainly conventional,
national defense to stabilization and
peace keeping operations, facing an
asymmetric threat, calls for new
communication requirements of
defense forces in operation, as they
are typically operating in very
fragmented scenarios.
Based on this challenge, the Danish
Army requested a complete analysis,
design, and implementation of a new
battlefield network structure, which
should be able to arch the complete
army organization and make everyone
online, from Headquarter and Logistics
down to Units, including the individual
soldier.
Based on our extensive experience
with real-time, radio based battlefield
networks, Terma has been requested
to implement a specific system
solution in cooperation with the
Danish company Systematic Software
Engineering. Terma designs and
implements the core communication
functionality including interfaces to
most types of radios and sitcom, while
Systematic is responsible for the user
interface platform.
For the export market, Terma offers a
generic, modular, and flexible battlefield
network solution, the Terma Battlefield
Network, based on 15 years of
experience in the design of radio based,
tactical real-time networks combined
with NATO NC3A cooperation and
testing at NATO trials.
The Terma Battlefield Network offers
the scalability and flexibility to meet the
requirements of operations of today and
tomorrow. It provides the basis for a
transition from a platform based system
to network centric system-of-systems
as our network also offers
interconnection of legacy standalone
systems, allowing such systems to
become ‘online’ and potentially be able
to play a relevant role again.
It can be a challenging experience to
move from a civilian internet PC onto a
PC running on a network of tactical
radios, unless the systems used are
designed to work under low-bandwidth
conditions. Based on experience gained
we provide a requirements overview, an
understanding of the network
performance expected in the battlefield,
and a solution based on the
communication technology
available today.
TERMA UPDATE . SEPTEMBER 2007 7
COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
The GBAD/CRAM system is designed to provide C4IS for camp and force protection by use of an open and flexible system architecture allowing for integration of multiple sensors, weapons and communication systems.
the use of sensors and weapons from
multiple vendors and the possibility to
easily add or replace sensors or
weapons, simply by adding or replacing
interface components. Terma developed
a generic set of Command and Control
capabilities, created to meet multiple
requirements within the above
mentioned customer areas. Together,
these common C4I components form
Terma’s generic and modular C4IS
platform, known as T-Core.
When connected to the relevant types
of sensors and weapons, the Terma air
defense solution offered for export
includes the ability to counter any air
threat, be it artillery, mortars, rockets,
or aircraft of any kind.
Based on T-Core, the Terma GBAD/
CRAM system can easily be adapted to
individual customer needs in relation to
The Terma Ground Based Air
Defense/Counter Rocket Artillery and
Mortar system (GBAD/CRAM) is
designed to meet the air threats of
today and tomorrow, using an open
and flexible system architecture that
allows for integration of multiple
sensor and weapon systems.
For more than 30 years Terma has
delivered mission critical Command,
Control and Communication systems to
Army, Navy, Air Force, and civilian Air
Traffic Management customers.
With the development of the Danish
Short Range and Medium Range Air
Defense Systems, DALLADS, and the
Danish Enhanced HAWK System,
DEHAWK, Terma applied a generic and
modular solution approach for the very
first time. The Danish Army and Air Force
were seeking a flexible solution, allowing
Mission Critical C4IS for GBAD/CRAM
sensor and weapon interfaces, Human
Machine Interfaces (HMI), localizations
etc. With T-Core, proven C4I components
and system interfaces can be reused,
facilitating for low risk interfaces for
existing (re-use) or new systems.
Interfaces can be offered for Government
Furnished Equipment (GFE), third party
or Terma provided systems.
Over the last two years, Terma has
cooperated with Lockheed Martin at
the NATO Coalition Warrior
Interoperability Trials in order to
expand T-Core capabilities. The latest
initiative and a natural expansion is to
build up a BMD capability, given the
fact that T-Core already includes Short
and Medium Range Air Defense.
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COMBAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
C-Flex Combat Management SystemsC-Flex is a highly efficient Combat
Management System for naval
applications running entirely on
commercial computers.
Since 2001, when the Royal Danish
Navy (RDN) first requested an effort to
upgrade the Navy’s Combat
Management Systems (CMS), Terma
has invested significantly in the
development of a CMS, based on an
Open Architecture and fully utilizing the
wide range of commercially available
computers and operating systems.
Thus the systems can be maintained
and kept up to date with the ever
changing technological evolution at
affordable prices. Available are also a
whole range of commercial software
packages, tools, and functions, which
only a short while ago were reserved for
private desktop machines or had to be
especially created for military systems.
C-Flex is running on a software platform
called T-Core, which Terma developed
as the platform for all command and
control systems be it for naval, army, or
air force purposes and use.
T-Core holds all basic C4I functions
required in any system and is designed
to adhere to the standards set forth in
the “US Navy Open Architecture
Computing Capability and Environment”.
The software platform can be utilized
in large as well as small configurations
without software changes or costly
adaptations, and the T-Core is not
limited to naval applications as
mentioned above. Army and air force
command systems are also based on
T-Core with equally great effect,
already demonstrated by Terma in the
Danish Army Low Level Air Defence
program and the Austrian Army air
defence system.
T-Core is designed to be part of any Combat Management System – despite choice of hardware, operating system, weapon and sensor interfaces, and human/machine interface.
TERMA UPDATE . SEPTEMBER 2007 9
JSF
C-FLEX
SKWS
C-Flex contracted for the Romanian Navy MARASESTIThe Romanian Navy (RoN) has signed
a contract with Terma for the supply
of a C-Flex Combat Management
system for their MARASESTI frigate.
The system, which interfaces the ship’s
existing radar systems and supports
management of the weapon systems,
is to be delivered as a turnkey system.
The contracted C-Flex system is
equipped with advanced Multi-
Function Consoles and fully redundant
networks and servers. In its design, it
is similar to the C-Flex Command and
Control systems, which Terma has
delivered for the new Danish flexible
support ships, the ABSALON and the
ESBERN SNARE, and in which a wide
range of weapon and sensor systems
will be controlled from more than twenty
C-Flex Multi-Function Consoles in
operations and staff rooms of the ships.
Production of the MARASESTI C-Flex
interfaces will be supported by the
Bucharest-based company SYSCOM,
and the logistic services will be
supported by the Constanta-based
company NAVTRON.
Terma Decoy Launch Systems in high demand
Lately, the Danish flexible support
ships of the ABSALON-class have
completed their installation with a
48-tube system (based on the MK137
launchers), which will be fully
integrated and controlled by the C-Flex
Combat Management system (CMS).
Similar systems are being delivered for
the new patrol ships.
The US LCS program First of Class,
USS FREEDOM, (picture of launching),
has the 24-tube SKWS with two
DL-12T Launchers installed.
New orders have arrived for the
SKWS since then, but Terma is not
yet at liberty to publish any details
on these orders.
The Terma Decoy Launch System, the
SKWS (Soft Kill Weapon System),
continues to be in high demand in
the naval market place. Requests for
proposals are continuously received
in the SKWS office.
In September 2006 USS Freedom, the first littoral combat ship, was christened at the Marinette Marine Shipyard
The RoN MARASESTI
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C-FLEX OPERATIONAL
The HDMS ABSALON and ESPERN SNARE C-Flex systems now set to work onboard
The C-Flex systems for the ships,
contracted in 2003, have now been set
to work, and the ships now boast the
largest CIC ever in a Danish naval
vessel. The C-Flex caters for 23
workstations servicing operators,
weapon specialists, and command
team in an environment, which has
been designed to offer the best
possible overview and cooperation
facilities (picture above).
As support ships and command
platforms, the ships are equipped
with a dedicated staff operation room
featuring an additional two C-Flex
workstations, which will allow the
group staff to be online with events
in the CIC.
In the spring and summer of 2007,
the two new, flexible support ships
of the Royal Danish Navy (RDN), the
ABSALON and the ESPERN SNARE
had been alongside the equipment
piers at the Danish naval bases to
receive and have installed advanced
military electronics and weapons.
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C-FLEX FOR NEW VESSELS
international operations. As for the
ABSALON-class ships, the frigates will
have container positions to house the
containerized weapon systems, which
are commonly used – and
interchangeable – throughout the RDN
fleet of ships. In addition, the ships
will be equipped for participation in
large scale theatre missile defense
with long range sensors and weapon
systems, which have not all been
finally decided yet. Thus, the artist's
impression of the new frigates below
does not necessarily portray the final
image of the ships.
The Royal Danish Navy has rendered a
lot of support to Terma in the design of
system configurations, software,
In continuation of the C-Flex contract
for the ABSALON-class, Terma was
granted two additional contracts to
supply two small C-Flex combat
management systems for the Royal
Danish Navy (RDN) Ocean Patrol
Vessels (OPV), which are under
construction at the Skagen Shipyard
and three C-Flex systems for the
three new frigates currently being
built at the Odense Steel Shipyard.
The OPV systems include only two
workstations, but will be running
exactly the same software as other
C-Flex systems and thus be similarly
capable. Obviously the OPV systems
have fewer weapon and sensor
interfaces, but may at any time be
expanded with any necessary add-ons
in workstations and interfaces. The
arctic OPVs are not yet delivered to the
RDN, thus the illustration above is
an artist's impression.
The three new frigates, which will be
delivered to the RDN between 2009
and 2012, will have C-Flex systems of
a similar size and complexity as those
for the ABSALON-class. The ships are
designed for participation in
C-Flex for new, arctic OPVs and for new frigates
The three new frigates will be delivered between 2009 and 2012 to the Royal Danish Navy.
functions, and HMI in order that the
users will receive really useful tools for
the operational work on board. In
addition, the range of advanced
interfaces of modern defense
electronics has vastly expanded
Terma’s insight and experience
throughout the above programs.
The T-Core software platform and the
C-Flex naval combat management
system are continuously being
maintained and upgraded, and all in
all, Terma is well prepared for the
future. Thus, C-Flex is now being
marketed in ever growing circles in the
world of defense command and control.
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TERMA IN BRIEF
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human lives and valuable material assets are at stake.
In Denmark, Terma facilities are located at Aarhus, Copenhagen
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