Radar station "Raccoon". Compact UAV protection

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The emergence and spread of light unmanned aerial vehicles poses new challenges for the industry. Such products can be dangerous, but difficult to find and hit. Different systems are offered to protect objects from UAVs. One of the novelties of this kind is the national raccoon "Raccoon".


Prototype "Raccoon" in trials




Promising project


Raccoon "Raccoon" has developed Zelenograd JSC "SPC" Elvis ", engaged in the creation of various electronic systems for different areas. The development of the station began in the recent past and took only a year and a half. To date, the radar has been tested and refined, and also went into mass production. Already there are several orders for the supply of serial "Raccoons".

The Raccoon project takes into account the characteristic problems and challenges of the present time associated with the widespread distribution of light UAVs. The station is designed to monitor the situation within a radius of several kilometers and search for air, ground or surface objects. Data on the found object can be used for various purposes.

The Raccoon project uses the most advanced solutions and components, which allow to obtain fairly high characteristics. At the same time, the radar has minimal dimensions and can be placed on different platforms or structures. The possibility of interaction with other technical means, including by integration into larger complexes.

Technical features


Raccoon "Raccoon" consists of several main components. The most noticeable is the mushroom antenna of the three-coordinate locator. Management is carried out through a computer with the necessary software. Another component of the station is the power cabinet. The package also includes a set of cables for connecting devices.

All this set of equipment can be placed on any stationary structure or on a vehicle. Photos published demonstrating the installation of "Raccoon" on a lightweight building. The antenna device was placed on the roof, and computer equipment and a power cabinet inside.

The basis of the complex is a three-coordinate multi-beam radar. It provides an overview of the upper hemisphere, the detection and tracking of air, ground or surface targets. The advantages of the station include the absence of restrictions on the number of targets followed. In addition, the Raccoon can search for objects on land and on water. The computer is able to take into account current conditions and adjust the operation of the station for them, providing the greatest characteristics.

Light UAVs with an ESR of 0,01 sq. M are detected at distances of 1800 m. An object with an ESR of 0,5 m (a person or other comparable object) is detected by the station from 4700 m. Cars or boats are detected at 8300 m distances. The development organization recognizes that the table characteristics Raccoon is inferior to other radars, including military purpose. However, other features and characteristics compensate for the loss in range.

Raccoon "Raccoon" provides an overview of the terrain in automatic mode. When an air or ground / surface target is detected, the station takes it for escort and notifies the operator. Then the operator of the complex can make a decision and start the next steps.

The Raccoon does not include its own countermeasures or defeats. At the same time, radars can be used with them or integrated into larger complexes with similar capabilities. It is proposed to supplement the radar with optical-electronic surveillance tools that allow for identification and further tracking of the target. Together with "Raccoon" can also be used electronic warfare or optoelectronic suppression of various types.

A new type of radar is being assembled at the site of the Elvis Scientific and Production Center. Part of the components and devices the company manufactures on its own, others are purchased from suppliers. Both domestic and foreign components are used. Raccoon is intended for the civilian market, because of which the manufacturer did not focus solely on domestic components.

Product purpose


Raccoon "Raccoon" is intended to protect various civilian objects, prone to excessive attention or attacks with the help of light UAVs. The station can be used on any objects located on a flat and well-viewed area. It can be airports, factories, enterprises of the fuel and energy sector, etc.

The antenna device is mounted at the optimum point, providing the best overview of the terrain, after which the radar can begin to work. Depending on the wishes of the customer, the locator can be supplemented with other monitoring and / or counteraction systems.

The Raccoon product is notable for its low characteristics - the largest objects can be detected at ranges of no more than 8-8,5 km, while light UAVs can be seen with 1,5-1,8 km. However, such characteristics are quite sufficient to protect typical objects. In addition, the remaining characteristics of the station are at an optimal level. The station has low power consumption, is easy to operate and maintain, and can also accompany a large number of targets.

Raccoon in the market


In 2018, SPC Elvis received an 75 million rubles loan from the Industry Development Fund. This money was intended to launch mass production of new radars in order to enter the domestic and international market. Similar tasks have already been solved, and Russian-made stations are sent to customers.


Operator Monitor Image


The first customer of the serial "Raccoons" was an unnamed Russian organization. The development company believes that the domestic market is still showing conservatism associated with a smaller distribution of UAVs. Nevertheless, it was the Russian company that became the first buyer. Then new orders appeared, both domestic and export.

Recently it became known that the next batch of Raccoon "Raccoon" will go to work in South Korea. The customer will receive the necessary products until the end of the 1 quarter of 2020. The quantity and cost of the equipment have not been specified. Negotiations are underway with customers from Bulgaria, the UK and Germany.

SPC "Elvis" takes the pace of production to a high level. Until the end of 2019, the company plans to assemble 27 stations. The next 2020 is scheduled to produce 100 products. If there are new orders, production growth is possible due to the organization of additional work shifts.

Advanced Development


The widespread distribution of UAVs of all classes, as well as the simplicity and cheapness of light systems, lead to new challenges and threats. The industry has to respond to this and create new models of technology. The new Raccoon radar station is a response to modern threats, adapted to the needs of civilian customers.

It should be recalled that Raccoon is not the only domestic development designed to search drones and opposition to them. Various means of detection and suppression systems are being created, incl. portable. All this clearly shows that the Russian industry takes into account current problems and responds to them.

The availability of orders for Raccoon Radar from domestic and foreign customers shows that such products are distinguished by high performance and wide capabilities, as well as being able to find their place on the international market. At the same time, there is every reason for positive forecasts. In the near future, new orders may appear - following the existing ones.
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  1. -3
    15 October 2019 18: 21
    The organization-developer acknowledges that according to the tabular characteristics, “Raccoon” is inferior to other radars, including military purpose.

    Why then is it needed? To protect the oligarch’s cottage from ravens and paparazzi TV men?
  2. +1
    15 October 2019 18: 21
    And where is the parameter range, according to the image intensifier of the target. The rest, just water or on the "fence".
    1. +5
      15 October 2019 19: 57
      Quote: SETSET
      radar station "Raccoon".

      https://elveesneotek.ru/products/rls/racoon.php
      1. +1
        16 October 2019 20: 51
        I read it with pleasure. Thanks for the link.
  3. +10
    15 October 2019 18: 30
    "Raccoon" is the second generation of anti-drone radars developed by NPO Elvis (Zelenograd), created using ELVEES Negative Objects Tracker technology. The first generation sold several hundred copies, incl. a hundred went for export (Raccoon trademark).

    Radar screen view

    Israeli manufacturers of anti-drone radars gnaw their elbows laughing
    1. +6
      15 October 2019 18: 37
      Hi Andrew! Plus you for the Power-Russia! And then nedopatriots already got here: Stary26, Andrey from Chelyabinsk and others ... Sprinkle their heads with ashes and repent. But they themselves write such mistakes sometimes in and in the comments!
  4. +8
    15 October 2019 18: 59
    Quote: SETSET
    Andrei from Chelyabinsk

    Once upon a time in permanent residence in Haifa laughing

    VO is full of paid Russophobes working out Israeli, American and other rations.
    1. +2
      15 October 2019 21: 19
      Quote: Operator
      VO is full of paid Russophobes working out Israeli, American and other rations.

      Some do it for free, from the heart, their hobby is hatred of their country, apparently compensation for sexual dissatisfaction due to overflow of the body with bile or envy, or lack of the result of self-realization, in general, there can be many reasons, but there is only one result - wash your own country .
    2. The comment was deleted.
      1. +7
        15 October 2019 22: 33
        In addition to paid ones, VO is full of free Russophobes - at the call of the soul, so to speak: they all pierced in March last year, when they began to scream together that the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces publicly reported misinformation about successful OCD on an uninhabited underwater vehicle planning a combat unit, a winged rocket with unlimited flight range and laser weapons.

        The Russophobic screech was based on a single argument - even if the Americans do not have such weapons, then the Russian savages cannot have them in principle.

        So look for yourself sponsors yourself laughing
        1. -3
          15 October 2019 22: 39
          It’s a pity ... in the sense of a pity that if there are doubts in the words of the Guarantor, then immediately Russophobe. Sorry for people who think so
          1. -1
            16 October 2019 08: 44
            Quote: Stils
            It’s a pity ... in the sense of a pity that if there are doubts in the words of the Guarantor, then immediately Russophobe.

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            It is interesting, but you CAN give examples (only SPECIFIC examples) where the Guarantor openly lied??
        2. 0
          15 October 2019 23: 58
          The Russophobic screech was based on a single argument - even if the Americans do not have such weapons, then the Russian savages cannot have them in principle.

          This is sectarianism)))
          Or - the newfound cargo cult (Come West ...)
      2. -4
        15 October 2019 23: 56
        Do not tell me where to look for the customer

        Check for leaks? Understand ....)))
  5. -4
    15 October 2019 19: 10
    Scanty technical information. The hardware is similar to a change house, why such dimensions with a limited range?
    1. +4
      15 October 2019 19: 59
      This is not hardware, meaning that you can place it anywhere.
      1. 0
        16 October 2019 08: 57
        Quote: maksbazhin
        This is not hardware, meaning that you can place it anywhere.

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        Sorry! I missed your comment and got in with "my 5 kopecks" hi
    2. +1
      15 October 2019 20: 10
      Quote: MrFox
      ... The hardware is similar to a change house, why such dimensions with a limited range?

      ... Maybe "Dew", turn a little into the sky what smile
      "Raccoon" did not find,
      1. +1
        16 October 2019 09: 19
        Quote: san4es
        .Can "Dew", turn a little into the sky

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        Well, in general, the "Rosa" is a military product, and the "Raccoon" is rather a civilian one!
        Another thing is funny - this is also a radar station "Rosa", only Belarusian, developed and manufactured by "KB Radar":
        "Rosa" low-altitude target detection radar complex



        (https://kbradar.by/products/radiolokatsiya/radiolokatsionnye-stantsii/85/)
        The first photo shows "Rosa" at the Ashuluk training ground (Astrakhan region).
        The coincidence of the names led to the fact that at first I thought you were mistaken !!!
    3. 0
      16 October 2019 08: 55
      Quote: MrFox
      The hardware is similar to a change house, why such dimensions with a limited range?

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      And this is a change house and Yes! (Or a panel board module). It was written: "The station on trials". They took what" turned up by the hand ", dragged it out into the field and tested it! What do you offer to cook a special booth for this? But what for? It was written that the station could be mounted anywhere и on anything!
      1. -1
        17 October 2019 11: 48
        A prototype manufactured in accordance with the design documentation is being tested. And not that "turned up under the arm."

        Viju you are far from industrial subjects
        1. 0
          17 October 2019 19: 07
          Quote: MrFox
          Tests are conducted by a prototype made in accordance with the design documentation.

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          Are you telling me this? Actually, it was not about a "prototype", but about that "place" - WHERE it was "imprisoned"!
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          Quote: MrFox
          Viju you are far from industrial subjects

          In andДwell you, my friend - "demagogue" !!! I spent more than one month on "field trials" ...
          1. -1
            18 October 2019 09: 24
            Perhaps you spent the field in such cabins as a driver, everything matches the style of communication.

            The place where, as you say, "it was vmantulili" must ensure the operating conditions for the TTZ, including temperature, humidity, frost / dew, and so on. Therefore, the container must be part of the product.
            1. 0
              18 October 2019 13: 21
              Quote: MrFox
              The place where, as you say, "it was vmantulili" must ensure the operating conditions for the TTZ, including temperature, humidity, frost / dew, and so on.

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              Have you read the article CAREFULLY? Or you have to "decrypt" for "especially DONKLY?"
              There it was clearly written - can be installed EVERYWHERE!!!
              What else UNDERSTANDING??
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              Perhaps you spent the field in such cabins as a driver!
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              Well, actually - as a Senior Researcher .... (Although I learned to drive EVERYTHING that moves as a child and youth - THANKS Bate!). The funny thing is that in Izberbash (Not far from Kaspiysk) - I crossed paths with .... My own father !!! True, they lived in one city in different areas (I already had my own family) and worked in different research institutes and design bureaus. A meeting:
              “What are you doing here?”
              - What about you?
              - On trials ...
              - And me too!
              - And you Brute?
              - Dad, what do you want?
              - Today I’m calling my mom, what should I say?
              - Dad! Just don’t say that I am here too !!!
              1. -1
                18 October 2019 15: 12
                “Anywhere” is not written in the requirements for product placement. It's time not to fall for advertising and perceive information with sober eyes.

                If we are talking about the training ground of the Izberbash radio plant, then it has already gone bankrupt. And besides the repairs of the tube locators RSP-10MN, he did nothing before.

                Congratulations to a senior scientist on advanced technology
  6. 0
    16 October 2019 20: 42
    An interesting model. If really cheap and easy to manage and maintain, and even with low power consumption, it can become a truly massive station for the protection of small objects. Well, if pairing with weapon systems is practiced, it's generally wonderful.

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