Air Defence Products
 

Rheinmetall Italia's main business is the production of antiaircraft defence systems and the design, development and production of surveillance and target-tracking radar systems (for land and naval, conventional and missile applications) as well as logistical support of the systems it sells. Rheinmetall Italia is the Rheinmetall Group’s undisputed radar specialist.

The company has won an international reputation for excellence in the world of microwave technology and the design, development and manufacture of surveillance radar and air and ground target-tracking sensors, accumulating tremendous experience and expertise in the process.

The product portfolio comprises the following:

• Oerlikon Ahead Skyshield 35 AD system
• Oerlikon Ahead ammunition
• Oerlikon Skyguard System
• X-TAR tactical radar family
  - X-TAR25
  - X-TAR3D
• Naval tracking radar family
  - X-BTR
  - X-BTR Mk 2 and Ku-BTR
• Oerlikon KBA 25mm automatic cannon

The new X-TAR3D air surveillance and acquisition radar is a three-dimensional tactical acquisition radar working in X-band and performing the functions of short range search, detection, acquisition, tracking, classification and identification of air targets. (X-TAR3D on MCP (Mistral Coordination Post by MBDA France)