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    Fact Sheet - Big Bird

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    The 64N6E Big Bird radar is a key component of improved engagement capabilities in later S-300P variants. It is a phased array radar operating in S-band that has a larger aperture than the US Navy SPY-1 radar. The Big Bird can concurrently search two 90 degree sectors using electronic beam steering and mechanical rotation. It can detect small fighter targets at ranges over 140 nautical miles and track multiple targets for interception. The Big Bird provides excellent target acquisition but was paired with the inadequate 5V55 missile. Later variants paired it with the 48N6 missile having better performance against air and ballistic missile targets.

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    The 64N6E Big Bird radar is a key component of improved engagement capabilities in later S-300P variants. It is a phased array radar operating in S-band that has a larger aperture than the US Navy SPY-1 radar. The Big Bird can concurrently search two 90 degree sectors using electronic beam steering and mechanical rotation. It can detect small fighter targets at ranges over 140 nautical miles and track multiple targets for interception. The Big Bird provides excellent target acquisition but was paired with the inadequate 5V55 missile. Later variants paired it with the 48N6 missile having better performance against air and ballistic missile targets.

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    The 64N6E Big Bird radar is a key component of improved engagement capabilities in later S-300P variants. It is a phased array radar operating in S-band that has a larger aperture than the US Navy SPY-1 radar. The Big Bird can concurrently search two 90 degree sectors using electronic beam steering and mechanical rotation. It can detect small fighter targets at ranges over 140 nautical miles and track multiple targets for interception. The Big Bird provides excellent target acquisition but was paired with the inadequate 5V55 missile. Later variants paired it with the 48N6 missile having better performance against air and ballistic missile targets.

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    The 64N6E Big Bird radar is a key component of improved engagement capabilities in later S-300P variants. It is a phased array radar operating in S-band that has a larger aperture than the US Navy SPY-1 radar. The Big Bird can concurrently search two 90 degree sectors using electronic beam steering and mechanical rotation. It can detect small fighter targets at ranges over 140 nautical miles and track multiple targets for interception. The Big Bird provides excellent target acquisition but was paired with the inadequate 5V55 missile. Later variants paired it with the 48N6 missile having better performance against air and ballistic missile targets.

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    BIG BIRD - Low Level EW & ACQ Radar

    Frequency (Freq) [MHz] 2000 (S-band)


    Pulse Width (PW) [us] FMCW
    Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF) [Hz] -
    Pulse Repetition Interval (PRI) [us] -
    Peak Power [kw] 700
    Average Power [kw] 0.7
    Displayed Range [km] About 450
    Range Resolution [m] 180
    Mainlobe Width [degree] 2
    Sweep Rate [RPM] 6
    Deploy/Stow Time [min] About 60





    Pic 1 5N66M Big Bird
    Descriptions
    The 64N6E Big Bird is the key to much of the improved engagement capability, and ballistic
    missile intercept capability in the later S-300P variants. This system operates in the 2 GHz band
    and is a phased array with a 30% larger aperture than the US Navy SPY-1 Aegis radar, even
    accounting for its slightly larger wavelength it amounts to a mobile land based Aegis class
    package. It has no direct equivalent in the West.
    Like other components of the S-300PM system, the 64N6E has a number of unique and lateral
    design features. The radar antenna is mounted on a cabin, in turn mounted on a turntable
    permitting 360 degree rotation. Unlike Western phased arrays in this class, the 64N6 uses a
    reflective phased array with a front face horn feed, the horn placed at the end of the long boom
    which protects the waveguides to the transmitters and receivers in the cabin. The beam steering
    electronics are embedded inside the antenna array, which has around 2700 phase elements on
    either face. This Janus faced arrangement permits the Big Bird to concurrently search two 90
    degree sectors, in opposite directions, using mechanical rotation to position the antenna and
    electronic beam steering in azimuth and elevation. This design technique permits incremental
    growth in output power as the only components of the system which have to handle high
    microwave power levels are the waveguide and feed horn.
    The 64N6E is a frequency hopper, and incorporates additional auxiliary antenna/receiver
    channels for suppression of sidelobe jammers - NIIP claim the ability to measure accurate
    bearing to jamming sources. The back end processing is Moving Target Indicator (MTI), and like
    the Aegis the system software can partition the instantaneous sector being covered into smaller
    zones for specific searches. To enhance MTI performance the system can make use of stored
    clutter returns from multiple preceding sweeps. Detection ranges for small fighter targets are of
    the order of 140 to 150 nautical miles for early variants. Per 12 second sweep 200 targets can be
    detected, and either six or twelve can be individually tracked for engagements.

    While the Big Bird provides an excellent acquisition capability against aerial and ballistic missile
    targets, the 5V55 missile was inadequate. The S-300PM/PMU1 introduced the 48N6 which has
    much better kinematics - cited range against aerial targets is 81 nautical miles, ballistic missile
    targets 21.5 nautical miles, with a minimum engagement range of 1.6 to 2.7 nautical miles. Low
    altitude engagement capabilities were improved - down to 20 - 30 ft AGL. The missile speed
    peaks at 2,100 metres/sec or cca Mach 6. The missiles can be fired at 3 second intervals, and
    Russian sources claim a single shot kill probability of 80% to 93% for aerial targets, 40% to 85%
    for cruise missiles and 50% to 77% for TBMs.
    The latest variant is the 91N6E developed for the S-400 Triumf / SA-21 system. It is known to be
    a fully digital design with a higher peak power rating than the 64N6E2 to accommodate the
    longer ranging 48N6E3 and 40N6E missiles.

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