The sensor specialist Hensoldt is providing massive support for the German air defense initiative ESSI (European Sky Shield Initiative): As part of an order from Diehl Defense worth more than 100 million euros, Hensoldt is supplying its high-performance TRML-4D radars, including a maintenance and training package, to Latvia and Slovenia.
The radars will be deployed in the two ESSI countries as part of the Iris-T SLM air defense system. This means that Hensoldt currently has more than 80 air defense radars of various ranges under contract as part of the ESSI initiative alone. https://militaeraktuell.at/bundesheer-black-hawk-sikorsky-kauf-offiziell/ Hensoldt CEO Oliver Dörre said: “The pent-up demand in Europe’s air defense is enormous. We have already made so much progress with the expansion of our production capacity that we can already supply all customers in record time.” The TRML-4D has performed exceptionally well in Ukraine (-> current news from the Ukraine war) and beat off stiff competition during live tests in Latvia. It is based on the latest AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radar technology and guarantees the rapid detection and tracking of around 1,500 targets within a radius of up to 250 kilometers. It is capable of quickly and reliably detecting and tracking all types of air targets – cruise missiles, rockets, drones and aircraft – and classifying them for engagement.
Hensoldt has decades of experience with radar systems for air defense and actively drives the further development of key technologies in this field. In addition to the TRML-4D high-performance radar, the company’s portfolio includes the Spexer short-range radar, the Twinvis passive radar and radars for securing ship and air traffic. Both the TRML-4D and the Spexer are part of the air traffic of the NNbS air defense system for close and short-range protection commissioned in January of the German Armed Forces. Hensoldt also supplies radars for the German Navy’s new frigates and corvettes, for airspace surveillance and for approach control at military airfields.
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