![]() ![]() The product was developed in 1956/7, initially to address a Royal Danish Navy requirement for Air and Surface Warning with Target Indication.ĪWS-1 was produced by a design team led by R.L. The AWS-1 was Decca Radar’s first S-band sea-going radar. AWS-1 (Air Warning Ship-borne Number One) We do not know if the introduction of nuclear powered craft caused a re-think in respect of submarines being required to observe adjacent coastlines. In conclusion it is assumed that the role of the UK’s Submarine Fleet changed and that other technologies may have been employed. It was recognised at the time that ‘close-in’ ocean waves would be a very real problem for the radar due to the resultant ‘clutter’ being shown on the operational display. The Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment (ASWE) co-ordinated the project and would oversee the manufacture of the Antenna/Mast assembly and would ‘free issue’ or contract loan displays of the JT-1 or 77A Type (Decca would not have responsibility for either sub-element). The research and development was carried out under the project code name ‘AA’ and a production run of some 14 equipments was implemented under the project name ‘LUCY’. What is known is that a ‘pop-up’ Radar, operating at X-band, was being designed and produced by the Decca Radar Company in 1952/3. The highest serving Sub-Mariner Officer of the time has been spoken to, National Archives and national specialist publications have been tested for records, but none seem to exist. This was a radar that occupied the most capable Radar Engineers of their time, working with state-of-the-art techniques and materials, yet no record can be found of their end product.Ĭurrently six Engineers have their memories and notebooks of working on the product. MESAR (MULTIFUNCTION ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED ADAPTIVE RADAR 10.12. Chapter Ten NAVAL RADARS 10.1.ĚA/LUCY (THE SUBMARINE RADAR) 10.2.ĚWS-1 AIR WARNING SHIP-BORNE NUMBER ONE 10.3.ĚWS-2 10.4. ![]()
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