The Ground Master 400 is a mobile radar system manufactured by Thales Raytheon Systems. GM 400 is a fully digital active electronically scanned array long-range air defense 3D radar, offering detection from very high to very low altitudes. It tracks a wide range of targets from highly maneuverable tactical aircraft flying below several hundred feet to the unconventional small radar crossection devices, such as UAVs or cruise missiles
The system can be set up by a four-man crew in 30 minutes and can be remotely operated. The system fits in a 20-foot shipping container and weighs less than ten tons. The system can be rapidly deployed mounted on a 6×6 or 8×8 tactical truck and can be transported by a single C-130 aircraft or a helicopter. The GM 400 has been selected to protect the European Space Agency’s Guiana Space Centre. The system was to be operational by the end of 2012.
The Ground Master 400 is part of Thales fully digital 3D air defense radar family. Designed to protect key assets to forces deployed on remote operations, the Ground Master 400 is the only system of its kind to combine superior detection of air threats at any altitude with an unprecedented level of availability and mobility. Ground Master 400 complies with the latest European environmental standards including installation in vicinity of wind farm, thanks to its innovative algorithms allowing the best mitigation of wind turbines effects.
