Successful conclusion of COBRA qualifications test in the United Arab Emirates

As reported at the Dubai International Air Show this year, COBRA withstood temperatures of +50 degrees Celsius, sandstorms and high humidity to the approval of its customers. During the hot weather trials, delegations from the customer countries of Germany, UK, and France, as well as a special visit from the Commander of the UAE Land Forces added recognition to this event.

'The COBRA system brings to reality the impact of the latest technology combined with accuracy and agility. With this system, we have created the answer to requirements of rapid ground deployment and surveillance,' stated Guenter Koelbl, Managing Director of Euro-Art. 'The most important milestones of the current production contract are completed and 12 systems are already delivered to the customers.'

The British Army is operating COBRA as "In Service" Equipment and is currently deploying the system in an operational and tactical environment in the Middle East.

The COBRA is the world's first and only multifunctional counter battery radar with a full active phased array antenna, demonstrating next-generation radar technology by combining agility with highly accurate results. COBRA is designed to detect and classify small cross-section targets across the entire battlefield as well as perform friendly fire registration (monitoring the fall of shot of one or more friendly weapons and identifying the precise impact locations). Its integral tracking accuracy combined with a highly efficient 'clutter-rejection' technique enables the system to quickly and precisely pinpoint hostile enemy positions. A single cross-country wheeled vehicle incorporates an operations cabin equipped for two operators and a radar antenna. At the heart of the system, an active modular antenna enables the COBRA system to maintain an extremely rapid deployment and decampment time of only a few minutes through extremely short transmission times and wide-band frequency agility.