Type 997 Artisan radar

The Type 997 Artisan (Advanced Radar Target Indication Situational Awareness and Navigation) is a medium-range air and surface surveillance phased array 3D radar developed and built by BAE Systems for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. It has been fitted to all 13 Type 23 frigates, HMS Ocean, HMS Bulwark, HMS Albion, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales.^[1]

Type 997 Radar on HMS Argyll

The Type 997 Artisan has a range of 200 m – 200 km (110 nmi) at 30 RPM and is reportedly capable of tracking more than 900 targets at once. BAE Systems states that Artisan is capable of detecting objects as small as a tennis ball and travelling at three times the speed of sound more than 25km away, Artisan can monitor more than 900 objects simultaneously from 200 to 200,000 metres and cut through radio interference equal to 10,000 mobile phone signals. This modern radar can defend against complex radar jamming.^[2]

Operators

List of countries that use or will use the Artisan:

•  Brazil - Used on NAM Atlântico.^[3]
•  United Kingdom - Used on the 10 Type 23 Frigate and 8 Type 26 Frigates, the now retired amphibious assault ship HMS Ocean, the Amphibious transport docks HMS Bulwark and HMS Albion, and aircraft carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales.
•  Chile - Used on its 3 Type 23 Frigates acquired from UK.
•  Taiwan - Will be used on a new family of light frigates^[4] and are being refit to the 6 Kang Ding-class frigates as part of an ASW upgrade.^[5]

See also

• S1850M radar
• SAMPSON radar