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RAPIDS (Radar Passive Identification System)

Country of Origin: Britain

The RAPIDS (Radar Passive Identification System) is a shipboard electronic support measures (ESM) system that intercepts, analyses and identifies radar emissions. It consists of an antenna unit in a radome, a receiver, an ESM processor cabinet, an electronic data display and an air cooling cabinet.

The system provides a continuous 360-degree field of view over a large frequency range. Intercepted signals are analyzed and their parameters are compared with a data library that...

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