First EL/M-20600 All-Weather Radar Targeting Pod Manufactured By IAI's Elta Systems Group
Jun 13, 2005
The first EL/M-20600 All Weather Radar Targeting Pod (RTP) has been developed and manufactured by Israel Aircraft Industries' Elta Systems Group (IAI/Elta).
The RTP is designed to support fighter aircraft in air-to-surface missions in all-weather conditions.
Elta's Radar Targeting Pod provides real-time tactical reconnaissance, high precision strike and post raid assessment at altitudes up to 50,000 feet. The EL/M-20600 is an alternative system to the Electro-Optical Targeting Pod enabling all-weather, long-range stand-off operations.
The EL/M-20600 is based on Synthetic Aperture Radar / Ground Moving Target Indication (SAR/GMTI) technology to allow all-weather acquisition of stationary and moving targets. Targets acquired by the RTP are delivered either to the aircraft's onboard weapon systems or transferred to friendly aircraft in the same network via a net-centric "smart" data link.
Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd. is a leading manufacturer in the international aerospace and defense community and Israel's largest industrial exporter. IAI?s ELTA Systems Group, is one of Israel's leading defense electronics companies and a leader in Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR), Early Warning and Control, Home-Land Security (HLS), Self-Protection and Self-Defense and Fire Control applications.
For further information, please contact:
Doron Suslik
Deputy Corporate VP for Communications
Tel: 972 (3) 935-8509
Fax: 972 (3) 935-8512
E-mail: hpaz@iai.co.il
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