Introduction
Version 11 - April 2017
This is based on an original list compiled in 1985 by Bruce Neale. It includes the contributions made by BTH, Metropolitan-Vickers and AEI.
It is by no means complete. At that time the Company was working on a number of new products including C3I, Gap-filling Radar, Over-The-Horizon Radar (OTH), a new SSR (Messenger), an Air Traffic Control Radar for Spain, and many others.
If you have knowledge of other projects to add please let MRSAT know by posting to MOGS or adding a comment as at the bottom of this page.
MOD/RAF
1. Chain Home (CH) restoration (pre-ROTOR)
2. VAST/ROTOR (CHEL/GCI) Programme, which included design and manufacture of:
Radar Type 7: Metric GCI with height-finding
Radar Type 13: S Band height-finder
Radar Type 14: S Band Surveillance
Radar Type 15: Mobile Metric GCI with height-finding
Radar Type 54: S Band Surveillance, Low cover
Radar Type 79: IFF
Console Type 60: PPI
Console Type 61: Height-finding Display for Type 13
Console Type 64: Fixed Coil PPI with inter-trace marking
Console Type 65: Height-finding Display for Type 7
3. Radar Type 82 (Orange Yeoman): S Band Surveillance with height-finding
4. Radar Type 83 (Yellow River): S and X Band Precision Tracking Radar
5. Radar Type 84: Very long range L Band Surveillance
6. Radar Type 85 (Blue Yeoman): S Band long range 3D (very high mean power)
7. Radar Type 87 (Blue Anchor): AEI/Marconi for Bloodhound 2
8. Radars Type 88/89 (Green Ginger): Mobile Surveillance and height-finding, L, S and C Bands
9. Blue Joker: S Band Low Cover Radar on Balloons
10. Green Satin: Doppler Navigating System
11. Green Stymie: “Talking” Type 13
12. Martello S713: L Band very long range 3D radar (Private Venture funded)
13. Martello S723: ditto
NAVAL
1. Radar Type 901 (Sea Slug) guidance radar
2. Radar Type 909 (Sea Dart) guidance Radar
3. Radar Type 965: Metric Surveillance Radar
4. Radar Type 984 (Postal) S Band long range radar with height-finding
5. Radars Types 992/968 S Band long range Radar
6. Radars Type 910/967 (Sea Wolf) Pulse Doppler L and X Band surveillance and guidance radar
7. STIR: S Band Target Indicating Radar
ARMY
1. Type 4 Mk,7: S Band mobile surveillance
2. Radar VR725: (Green Ginger): L, S and C Band tactical radar
3. Infantry Company Radar (ICR): J Band man-portable radar
CIVIL
- S232: Coherent 50 Cm Airfield Surveillance
- S264/264A: Coherent 50 cm long range surveillance
- S650/ S670 coherent 50cm TMA/ en-route surveillance
- S654: L Band long range, TMA/en route
- S511/S511H: S Band Airfield Surveillance Radar (ASR) using magnetrons NB - See the page summarising S511 Airfield Surveillance Radar Installations
- S512: S Band Airfield Surveillance Radar (ASR) using TWT
- SECAR and Challenger: Secondary Surveillance Radars (SSR)
MISC
1. S244/269: S Band very long range radar height-finder for NATO and others
2. S247/266: S +L Bands (back-to-back) very long range surveillance radar for NATO and others
3. S259: L Band medium range mobile/air transportable
4. SR800: S Band medium power transmitter/receiver
5. SR1000: S Band high power Transmitter/receiver
6. SR1030: L Band high power transmitter/receiver
7. SR1050: S Band high power transmitter for US radar Type FPS6
8. S600 series: A range of L, S and C Band mobile tactical radars for surveillance and height-finding
9. 40T2: S Band very long range S Band 3D radar based on the Radar Type 85
MAJOR PROJECTS
Civil Radar Major Projects
- MEDIATOR: UK Civil Air Traffic Control System
- FPPS: Flight Plan Processing System for London TMA Middle Airspace
- ScATCC: Scottish Air Traffic Control System
- APOLLO: Satellite tracker for Cable and Wireless on Ascension Island for Apollo moon landings
- SIMCATS: Civil Radar System for Saudi Arabia
- IBAC - the upgrade of the Iranian ATC system including the addition of plot extractors etc.
- Myriad AFTN Message Switching System: for Cyprus
Defence Radar Major Projects
- NATO Radar Early Warning Chain of Stations: (Designated by NATO as High Performance Reporting Posts - HPRPs) stretching from Norway to Turkey.
- NADGE: Involving some 84 Stations, including enhancement of, and integrating the existing HPRPs).
- FUR HAT: Radar data handling systems for Sweden
- NASSAU Phase I & II: Mobile Operations Vehicle and static Sector Control System for the protection of South Africa’s airspace.
- LINESMAN: UK Military Air Defence System
- JEROME: Mobile Tactical Defence Radar for Cyprus
- SAMORE: Defence System for Cyprus
- GRAPPLE ‘X’: L Band Surveillance System for Christmas Island H-bomb tests
- CONDOR: Tactical Air Defence Convoys for Pakistan
- MAYFLOWER: Major extensions to the Fur Hat systems in Sweden
- TOR (DBU 260): Military Operations Cabins for Sweden
- TONIC: Defence Radar System for IRAN
- BRANDY: Tactical Air Defence S600 Convoys for Yugoslavia
- BRIDGE/BRIDGET: Tactical Air Defence Mobile Convoys and Static Systems for Yugoslavia.
- SCAT: Orbital communications satellite tracking stations for MoD
- UKADGE: Data Handling network for UK
- JORN: OTH radar system for Australia
- HORTIATIS: 743D Air Defence System for Greek Air Force.
- MOUSTAKOS: 743D Air Defence System for Greek Air Force.
- SLEWC: Standby Local early Warning System for UK MOD
- BACCHUS: Yugoslavia
- NADYA: Tactical Air Defence S600 Convoys for Turkey
- MALAYSIA: Tactical Air Defence S600 Convoys for Malaysia
- SNAKE: Tactical Air Defence S600 Convoys for Abu Dhabi
- ANGALIA: Tactical Air Defence S600 Convoys for Kenya
- GRIFFIN: Tactical Air Defence S600 Convoys for Kenya including a containerised simulator.
- 438: Tactical Air Defence S600 Convoy for Saudi Arabia.
- OMAN: Tactical Air Defence S600 Convoys for OMAN
- LAHR & COMOX: Static radar systems for Canadian Air Force
- ZAID: Static Air Defence Radars for Jordan.
- RONDO: Tactical Air Defence S711 Convoys for Turkey
- PETRA: Tactical Air Defence S711 Convoys for Jordan
- ALBATROS: Martello S713A Development.
- ZARQA; Martello S713A Air Defence systems for OMAN
- LAGER: S723 Air Defence Radars for RAF
- LIME: S723 Air Defence Radars for Danish Air Force
- DELTA: 743D Air Defence Systems for NATO in Greece.
- MUSK: 743D Air Defence Systems for Thailand
- KAWAL: 743D Air Defence Systems for Malaysia
- SWMLU: Seawolf Mid-life update for the Royal Navy
- HADAF 743D Air Defence Systems for OMAN - 743Ds, new CRCs and a major upgrade to the comms system and new/old system integration.
- GENTING/SENAI Air Traffic Control Systems for Malaysia
- LANZA - 3D Air Defence Radars for Spanish Airforce (Scanning pencil beam variant of 743D)
- RECAP - Air Defence Simulators for RAAF
- MATSI - Air Defence Simulator for Finnish Airforce
- SIMULATORS - Air Defence Simulators for Egypt, Singapore, Oman, Kenya, Australia, Finland, RAF.
Comments (13)
Ian Gillis said
at 3:12 pm on Feb 9, 2016
Page checked
john lancaster said
at 12:25 am on Mar 16, 2016
Hi Ian and Alan. under MAJOR PROJECTS. suggest we add
FPPS: Flight Plan Processing System for London TMA Middle Airspace
Best regards
John
Alan Hartley-Smith said
at 11:15 am on Mar 16, 2016
See <http://marconiradarhistory.pbworks.com/w/page/32770586/FPPS> - we still don't have any real details - could you rustle-up at least an outline "spec" to setbthe scene.
norman.davies@yahoo.com said
at 12:20 pm on Mar 16, 2016
Add to CIVIL: S650/ S670 coherent 50cm TMA/ en-route surveillance, also the S654 was TMA/ en-route
MISC - The S259 was mobile/ air transportable
MAJOR PROJECTS - add 43 HADAF 743D Air Defence Systems for OMAN, 44 GENTING/ SENAI Air Traffic Control Systems for Malaysia
I note that COMOX and Lahr are down as major projects, presumably the other S511 projects should also be included. In fact the S511 was probably the biggest selling radar we produced over the years, amounting to some 50 "channels". (A diversity system counted as two channels.)
Steve Bousfield said
at 3:24 pm on Mar 16, 2016
Norman
Lahr and Comox were originally S654 projects. Lahr also had Challlenger SSR with Elliott decoders. The S511s came much later.
I didn't think Oman got 743Ds but my memory isn't sure - they did have S713s. Wasn't HADAF the integration project with new Tropo and training school?
Steve Bousfield said
at 3:35 pm on Mar 16, 2016
I'm now thinking you were right about the 743Ds going to Oman
Steve Bousfield said
at 3:34 pm on Mar 16, 2016
Add Lanza - 3D Air Defence Radars for Spanish Airforce (Scanning pencil beam variant of 743D)
As Hortiatis is mentioned then so should Moustakos ( another Greek 743D)
What about IBAC - the upgrade of the Iranian ATC system including the addition of plot extractors etc
GRIFFIN included a containerised simulator
Project RECAP - Air Defence Simulators for RAAF
MATSI - Air Defence Simulator for Finnish Airforce
Air Defence Simulators for Egypt, Singapore, Oman, Kenya, Australia, Finland, RAF
norman.davies@yahoo.com said
at 4:00 pm on Mar 16, 2016
Hadaf comprised 743Ds, new CRCs and a major upgrade to the comms system and integration with new and existing systems. We were prime with MCSL as a major subcontractor.
Ian Gillis said
at 1:53 pm on Mar 21, 2016
Comments copied from the Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/marconiradarhistory/
1) From https://www.facebook.com/BloodhoundMissilePreservationGroup
I am intrigued as to how the Bloodhound T86 numbering came about as its development by Ferranti preceded the takeover by GEC in 1990. I am looking at item 7 on http://marconiradarhistory.pbworks.com/w/page/36189315/Major%20achievements%20of%20Marconi%20Radar. So what was Marconi's involvement with the T86 development?
I can understand the T87 as this was developed after the takeover of AEI in 1967.
The naming for both radars would benefit from some work as the T86 was the Ferranti Firelight and code-named Indigo Corkscrew and the T87 was named Scorpion, code-named Blue Anchor.
2) From Mike Strange
Got my dates a bit wrong as the development of the T87 was of course complete and in service well before 1967. Ferranti didn’t go into liquidation until after 1994 (ish) so how did Marconi have anything to do with the T86 as Ferranti supported it until 1991 and I’m 100% on that one.
Alan Hartley-Smith said
at 3:19 pm on Mar 21, 2016
Our understanding is that in 1957 a new proposal by Bristol/Ferranti resulted in the the Bloodhound Mk. II. which was guided by either the Ferranti Type 86 "Firelight" radar for mobile use, or the larger fixed-emplacement Marconi Type 87 "Scorpion", starting tests in 1963 and entering RAF service in 1964 so well before the takeover in 1967 of AEI, which became GEC/AEI Electronics until 1969 when Marconi Radar Systems Ltd was formed. There was no involvement with the T86, which has an incorrect code name in the listing.
Ian Gillis said
at 12:31 pm on Mar 24, 2016
I've incorporated above comments as I understand them. Will commenters please highlight any errors?
suffolk@jamesahenson.plus,com said
at 9:13 am on Aug 24, 2016
Should GRAPPLE 'X' read : L Band Surveillance System for Christmas Island 'H' Bomb Tests. Doug Clements went to Christmas Island for installation ( I think his crane man was a chap called Len) support tube was constructed at Rivenhall, I remember Frank Henchy also was involved, having left London Transport where he was involved in design of the Routemaster Bus
Ian Gillis said
at 9:55 am on Aug 24, 2016
Yes - text changed to H-Bomb - fusion to fission at the stroke of a key!
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