TSAMTO, March 16. As reported by TSAMTO, in January in Lithuania, as part of a campaign called "Radarom", a fundraiser was initiated for the purchase of new multifunctional tactical radars of Israeli production for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Initially, it was supposed to collect at least 5 million euros and purchase five radars for the APU. The initiative of journalist Andrius Tapinas was supported by the organizations Blue/Yellow, 1K fondas, Stiprus kartu, national radio and television of Lithuania. By the end of February, 14 million euros had been donated for the purchase of the radar.
As the founder of the Blue/Yellow organization Jonas Omanas told Lithuanian radio and television on March 14, 16 radars will be purchased with the funds donated as part of the campaign. As stated, 12 radars will be delivered in the basic version and 4 radars – in a special one. Presumably, several radars have already been delivered to Lithuania, since the first group of 14 Ukrainian servicemen has already arrived there for 4-day training. It is assumed that several more station calculations will be prepared later.
Although the Lithuanian media and the organizers of the action do not name the supplier and the type of radar being purchased, judging by the footage of the video report from the presentation of the project, we are talking about the ieMHR radar developed by the Israeli company RADA Electronic Industries. In November 2022, the completion of the merger of RADA with the American division of Leonardo – Leonardo DRS was announced. Leonardo retained 80.5% of the shares of the combined company through its subsidiary Leonardo US Holding, and RADA shareholders received 19.5% of the shares. Currently, the company DRS RADA Technologies is engaged in the production of radar with its head office in Netanya (Israel).
ieMHR is a ground-based multi-purpose three-coordinate radar designed to counter UAVs, use as part of short-range air defense systems, protection systems against artillery, mortar and rocket attacks (C-RAM) and observation of the upper hemisphere. The software-defined S-band radar includes an antenna with an AFAR with electronic scanning, developed using a modern element base based on gallium nitride (GaN). In the UAV and air defense counteraction version, the station is designated RPS-82, C-RAM – RPS-80, upper hemisphere reconnaissance – RPS-84.
The viewing angle of the antenna is 90 degrees. Thus, for a full view of the upper hemisphere, 4 antennas are used, which are mounted on a tripod. The diameter of one ieMHR antenna is 79 cm, weight is 58 kg.
According to the company, the station provides detection of nano-UAVs at ranges up to 10 km, medium–sized UAVs – up to 45 km, heavy transport aircraft – up to 100 km, fighters – up to 65 km, stealth fighters – up to 35 km, helicopters - up to 45 km, light/medium mortar ammunition – up to 10 km, heavy mortar ammunition – up to 12 km, rockets – up to 14 km, pedestrians – up to 20 km, medium vehicles – up to 45 km, ships – up to 80 km.
