HERAKLES is Thales' latest radar designed to be the sole radar on board high-value vessels. Operating in S band and optimized for littoral operations, it provides an effective naval air defence and land operations support capability with optimum acquisition and life cycle costs.
The radar simultaneously performs all the functions involved in the establishment of a 3D air and surface picture, missile detection, and in weapon deployment, can be associated with all types of active or semi-active surface-to-air missiles, features exceptional reliability and extremely high operational availability, key to its role as sole radar.
HERAKLES performs simultaneous long-range air and surface surveillance, for wide-area protection of consort ships and contributes to the deployment of air defence and anti-surface weapons.