Thailand orders its third TRML-3D medium range phased array air surveillance radar

 

The Hensoldt TRML-3D radar. Photo c/o Hensoldt.

The Royal Thai Army (RTA) has decided to make a follow-on order for a third TRML-3D mobile air surveillance radar system from Germany's Hensoldt.

This was confirmed by Hensoldt in a press released dated 22 October 2020.

The TRML-3D radar will provide the RTA with a reliable, rapidly deployable and highly mobile air surveillance radar system, giving additional capability to detect, track, and classify various types of targets, especially small, fast and low-flying aircraft, missiles, and helicopters.

The RTA is expecting the delivery of its new TRML-3D radar by 2022.

The German radar is classified as a medium range, multi-mode phased array system, that is modular, countermeasure-resistant 3D radar system, using C-band width and a declared maximum range greater than 200 kilometers. It has a scan time between 2 to 15 seconds, performed by a computer controlled pencil beam system.

Aside from Thailand, another Southeast Asian country using the TRML-3D radar is Malaysia.

[1] Hensoldt
[2] Aerospace and Defense (ASD) News
[3] Monch Publishing Group