ISRAELIS OFFER COMBAT-PROVED ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE HARDWARE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000403640063-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2012
• Sequence Number: 63
• Publication Date: June 17, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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A PTI I E APPEA D. 1 AVIATION WEEK AND SPACF TECW'4OLOGY
^F"17 June 1985
PARIS AIR SHOW
By Jay C. Lowndes
Patio--Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd.,
demonstrated at the 36th Paris air show
electronic intelligence therm ui
melit that was proved using ac com-
bat and offered the equipment for sale in
the export market.
Demonstration of the Electronics Div.'s
Stabilized Lona-Range Observidon S-
tem (Sloe) for border patrol and maritime
surveillance/reconnaissance missions con-
sisted of to vt eo from the opts sen-
sor shown to visitors at a tion and
conference facility adiac ent to te compa-
ny's public exhibit pavilion at Le Bourget.
M ..AWACS ConApia $on
The division's Tamam Precision Instru-
ments subsidiary designed and built the
sensor and associated electronics for in-
stallation on light aircraft as part of a
tactical mini-AWACS (airborne warning
and control system) instrument configura-
tion. Videcon optical imagery is obtained
during the day and infrared at night.
The hardware weighs 100 kg. (220 lb.)
including an air-to-ground data link with
the capability to provide real-time video at
a command center up to 200 km. (124
Iddo N. Foxman, Tamara's manager of
international marketing, said the system is
in service with the Israeli Defense Forces,
that video of enemy troop movement and
equipment operation is available at a
range of 100 mi. but imagery at a range of
over 70 mi. is classified.
The tapes at Le Bourget showed per-
sons running, ships at sea, a truck dump-
ing material at a road intersection
apparently for a roadblock, tanks moving
along a highway and battle scenes Fox-
man said were obtained during actual
combat at ranges from 10-70 mi.
Target RooogWbn
Detection of large targets such as ships
is possible at the longer ranges and recog-
nition of small targets is possible at 10 mi.
and larger targets such as tanks at 20 mi.,
according to Foxman. Slos is designed for
integration with a variety of wntell'
gene (sigint) systems for positive target
identification.
The real-time airborne reconnaissance/
surveillance payload for the Scout remote-
ly piloted vehicle is another product of
this- Israel Aircraft subsidiary.
Israelis Offer Combat-Proved
Electronic Intelligence Hardware
Tatham was formed in 1964 to handle EL/L 8312A electronic intelligence (elint)
gtsuc suppon or navigation, reterence, sta-
bilization and optronic -systems. The
subsidiary provided its KT/70 and
SKI/2300 inertial measurement units for
the Kfir C-2 fighter as well as the air-
craft's air data computer, and Tamam will
provide an advanced inertial navigation
system (INS) for the Lavi.
Annual sales exceed $75 million, 45%
of which is from exports.
Moshe Ortasse, corporate vice president
and general manager of the Electronics
Div., said the division's strategy involves
creation of integrated approaches to cus-
tomer requirements called "hypersystems"
that involve tactical concepts, hardware
and infrastructure providing a force multi-
plier. In addition to command, control,
communications and intelligence, the divi-
sion is penetrating fields such as air de-
fense, air defense suppression and
artillery.
Ortasse said the division's objective is to
provide the right mix of technology at the
system level to progress from statistical
probabilities of success exemplified by ar-
tillery that is accurate within 300 meters
(984 ft.) to tactical precision exemplified
by accuracies of 30 meters (98.4 ft.) finally
achieving in the future a level of confi-
dence such as a commander with artillery
accurate to within 30 cm. (12 in.) would
possess.
Achieving this objective involves com-
prehensive evaluation of Soviet military
doctrine, Ortasse said.
Annual division turnover is $360 mil-
lion, 50% of which is from domestic sales.
Ortasse estimated the backlog in the order
book at three years and expressed a desire
to expand by pushing international sales
to 70% of the total.
The division's Elta Electronics Indus-
tries, Ltd., subsidiary has completed in-
stallation of its airborne signal intelligence
hardware on Boeing 707 aircraft, and de-
liveries have begun, according to Moty
Roizis, Elta's manager of international
marketing. Bedek Aviation in Tel Aviv,
the company's service division, handles
the installations.
Pursuit of installation possibilities on
the Israel Aircraft Arava transport, the
Boeing 727 and 737 as well as the Lock-
heed C-I30 is continuing, according to
Roizis.
The hardware includes two consoles. an
GHz. and an EL/K 7032 communications
intelligence (comint) system sensitive from
1,000 M z.
The elint video includes an automatic
map function that locates emitters as well
as the host aircraft and a statistical dis-
play of signal parameters and precise loca-
tion coordinates. Signal identity and
characteristics are stored for use in elec-
tronic warfare.
The comint system includes a video dis-
play similar to that of the elint system and
automatic scan receivers and tape record-
ers for searching open channels for signals
of interest and preserving selected commu-
nications for later analysis.
Two operators can be accommodated
allowing one to monitor a channel while
the other continues to 'scan, Roizis said.
The design range of the sigint system is
more than - 400 km. (249 mi.) at an alti-
tude of 36,000 ft.
A ground support system provided by
Elta includes a computerized EL/L 8352
station for processing and analysis of col-
lected data. Full logistical support is in-
cluded with training, spares and an EL/L
8351 training simulator.
Other Elta equipment displayed at the
show included the EL/i 4-2106H multitar-
get point defense alert radar, the AMDR
automatic missile detection radar and the
IP-36 range and height indicator display.
The point defense radar scans 360 deg.
and up to an altitude of 8,000 ft. Addi.
tional capabilities include sweep-to-sweep
memory and remote control from a dis.
tance up to 100 meters (328 ft.). The de-
sign is for transportability with a set-up
time of 10 min. Helicopter detection range
is 8-10 km. (5.0-6.2 mi.) for 2-sq.-meter
(21-sq.-ft.) targets. Fixed-wing aircraft de-
tection range is more than 16 km. (10 mi.)
for 2-sq.-meter targets.
The radar has been sold to 12 nations,
according to a company official.
Surface vessels over 450 tons can ac-
commodate the AMDR radar requiring
hardware including a 220-kg. (485-lb.)
mast-mounted antenna, high-power coher-
ent transmitter, wide dynamic receiver,
16-bit microprocessor for control and
management, 64K word data processor
for correlation and tracking, local and re-
mote-control logic and communication ca-
pability using two 8-bit i .
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