AM-350S

{{Short description|Pakistani active electronically scanned array radar}}

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| country = {{PAK}}

| designer = NRTC
Blue Surge

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| introdate = November 2024

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| type = Early-warning radar

| frequency = S band

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| RPM = 6rpm (10 seconds refresh rate)

| range = {{convert|350|km|abbr=on}}

| altitude = {{convert|60000|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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| azimuth = 360 degrees

| elevation = -6 degrees
20 degrees

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| power = >400 Watts

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The AM-350S is a Pakistani S-band active electronically scanned array (AESA) 3-dimensional air search radar developed jointly by NRTC and Blue Surge.{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Unveils Long-Range Air Surveillance Radar at IDEAS 2024 |url=https://propakistani.pk/2024/11/21/pakistan-unveils-long-range-air-surveillance-radar-at-ideas-2024/ |last=Khattak |first=Arsalan |date=2024-11-21 |website=ProPakistani}}{{Cite web |title=3-D radar of wide range of 350 km introduced in Ideas 2024 |url=https://abbtakk.tv/3-d-radar-of-wide-range-of-350-km-introduced-in-ideas-2024/ |website=Abb Takk news|date=20 November 2024 }}{{Cite web |title=Pakistan introduces 'game-changer' AM350S radar system |url=https://lahoremirror.com/pakistan-introduces-game-changer-am350s-radar-system/ |date=2024-11-25 |website=Lahore Mirror}}

Overview

The AM-350S was revealed to the public during the 2024 IDEAS expo in Karachi based on the Hino 500 truck. It is a gallium nitride (GaN)-based active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar with digital beamforming capabilities with a surveillance range of 350km and has a 360° FOV and flexible elevation features, enabling it to monitor altitudes of up to 60,000 feet.{{Cite web |title=NRTC AM-350S Long-Range 3D Air Surveillance Radar |url=https://quwa.org/pakistan/sensors/nrtc-am-350s-long-range-3d-air-surveillance-radar/ |date=2024-11-23 |website=Quwa.org}}

It has resilient anti-jamming capabilities with frequency hopping, vector control, and side-lobe suppression. Being an AESA-based system, the AM-350S can leverage its multiple TRMs to emit in different or unique frequencies in one pulse, making it more difficult for an enemy ECM systems to single out a particular frequency for jamming.

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