Description:
The Elta Systems EL/M-2226 Advanced Coastal Surveillance Radar (ACSR) has been designed to provide
coastal surveillance and vessel traffic monitoring in both littoral and blue waters. The high-resolution radar imagery
provided by the ACSR is used for the prevention of drug smuggling, terrorist attacks, contraband and other illegal activities.
Besides, the ACSR radar can support search and rescue missions in coastal environments.

EL/M-2226 (Israel), Naval/coastal surveillance and navigation radars

Type
Family of X-band (8 to 12.5 GHz sub-band) Linear Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (LFMCW)
coastal surveillance radars.

Description
The third generation EL/M-2226 Advanced Coastal Surveillance Radar (ACSR) family are solid-state LFMCW equipments
that are optimised for the detection of small surface targets in adverse sea conditions. As such, short-, medium- and long-range configurations have been developed, with each configuration incorporating an antenna/pedestal/turntable assembly, a radio frequency front-end, a transmitter, a receiver, a signal processor/controller and a personal computer-based control and display unit. Other system features include 24/365 functionality (in 'all weather conditions'), optimised surface target detection, automatic target detection and tracking, 'high' accuracy and resolution values, local or remotely controlled operation, a colour display with a background digital map, integral built-in test, the ability to be networked and interoperability with other types of sensor.

Maritime Surveillance Radars from Elta
Coastal defense radars introduce different type of systems, which are uniquely capable of detecting small boats and floating objects even at rough sea. These systems include the EL/M-2226 ACSR which is deployed along the Israeli coastline.
The system has recently been connected into a coastal defense network where additional radars are planned for installation
on the top of the chimneys of five power stations, located along the Israeli coastline. This network is also integrated with maritime surveillance radars (EL/M-2022A) employed on aircraft and helicopters. These radars are employing special inverse SAR algorithms to detect and classify surface vessels, automatically identifying hostile targets even in a dense maritime traffic. The Israeli Navy utilized this unique capability in its tracking of the Palestinian weapons ship Kareen A, before its interception in the Red sea in January 2002. 

Main System Features
• Combat Field proven systems. 
• Operates 24/365 under all weather conditions. 
• Local or remote operations. 
• Full Solid state Radar with very high MTBF (>5000h). 
• Background map on color display  
• High reliability, availability and operational readiness 
• Over 500 Simultaneous track capability 
• Very high range accuracy (1 m typical) 
• Range Signature classification capability. 
• Simple network control of several radars controlled by a remote command and Control Centre/ VTMS.
• MS windows Graphic Interface.
 
Specifications:
• X - Band Linear FMCW radar. 
• Azimuth Beamwidth < 1.5° 
• Elevation Beamwidth < 3.5° 
• Detection range (sea State 3): 
o Rubber Boat  >20 Km 
o Patrol Craft >60 Km 
o Shipping Vessel – Up to the horizon