AESA Radar For Maritime Patrol

Selex Galileo will supply its Airborne Tactical Observation and Surveillance System (ATOS) for four ATR72 Maritime Patrol Aircraft ordered by Italy’s General Management for Aeronautical Armaments. The company said it will integrate the ATOS with the Seaspray AESA (active electronically scanned array) radar for the first time on an Italian aircraft.

As part of Alenia Aeronautica’s contract with the armaments agency, Selex Galileo is responsible for the supply of four ATOS mission systems in a Maritime Long Range Surveillance version, integrating the Seaspray 7300 AESA radar, the EOST-23 electro-optical turret, a tactical data link, IFF, automatic identification system (AIS), communication and electronic support measures (ESM).