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Mark 92 Guided Missile Fire Control System

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The Mk 92 Fire Control System is a US-built medium-range anti-aircraft missile and gun fire control system. It was developed for the Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigates. The system is a licensed USN version of the Thales Nederland WM-25 fire control system. [1]

Radar Systems

The Mk 92 system can access data from the ship's air search radar, and surface search radar. [2]The system has two or three radar sub-systems depending on the model. The first two are combined in to a single system called the Combined Antenna System or CAS is used in all models. The CAS has a track while scan radar and a tracking radar both housed in an egg shaped randome. The radars can search for, track, and illuminate targets. There is also a third radar for target illumination referred to as the Separate Target Illumination Radar or STIR. The STIR is a radar developed from the AN/SPG-60 radar that is part of the Mk 86 gun fire control system.

Versions

  • Mk 92 modification 0 is an early version of the system for the USN.
  • Mk 92 modification 1 is the version used by United States Coast Guard cutters. It does not use the STIR or control surface to air missiles.
  • Mk 92 modification 2 is the version that was originally fit to USN Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigates.
  • Mk 92 modification 5 is used by certain Saudi Arabian Badr class corvettes.
  • Mk 92 modification 6 is an upgraded version of the modification 2 as part of the CORT program. The program was canceled after being fit to two frigates


Modification Sufrace Engagement Channels Air Engagement Channels (gun only) Air Engagement Channels
0 2 0 1
1 2 1 0
2 2 0 2
5 2 1 0
6 2 0 2

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STIR Deactivated

The USN retired the Standard missile-1 from active service in 2003. Oliver Hazard Perry frigates in USN service have had the STIR radar removed.

References

  1. ^ "MK 92 Fire Control System (FCS)". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
  2. ^ "MK 92 Fire Control System (FCS)". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
  3. ^ "MK 92 Fire Control System Manufacturer Doc" (PDF). GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2009-02-26.

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