Now in full-scale series production, the Saab GIRAFFE AMB Agile Multi-Beam air defence search radar is the latest in true 3D-radar technology. The capability of the new GIRAFFE AMB is extended into a Multi-Mission Radar System with simultaneous
• Air and sea surveillance
• Ground Based Air Defense (GBAD)
• Military Air Traffic Control (ATC)
• 360° Ballistic Weapon Tracking and Locating

Tailored for operations with medium- and short-range surface-to-air missile systems, the GIRAFFE AMB includes an integrated C3 system enabling it to act as the command-and-control center for air defense and military air traffic. It can simultaneously be integrated in a cluster of netted GIRAFFE AMB systems, providing outstanding radar cooperation.
The GIRAFFE AMB design is perfectly suited for the detection and tracking of rocket, artillery and mortar (RAM) projectiles. Together with the proven ARTHUR software, this is used for the counter-RAM function. With 360° coverage, it will pinpoint the weapon position as well as predict the impact point well in advance of impact.
GIRAFFE AMB is housed in a single 6 m (20 ft) ISO container mounted on a cross-country truck, offering high mobility, a deployment time of only ten (10) minutes and a teardown time of three (3) minutes. The cabin has splinter and NBC protection. With air transportation with C-130 it is worldwide deployable in variable climate zones.
Unlike conventional 3D search radar that rely on elevation scanning technology, the GIRAFFE AMB covers a large elevation range simultaneously by using one wide beam for transmission and multiple digitally shaped narrow beams for reception.
This multi-beam antenna concept provides not only superior altitude coverage but, in particular, an unparalleled 3D-target updates rate of one per second, effectively maintaining the inherently high rate of a 2D system.
All targets within the elevation envelope are determined using monopulse techniques, thus ensuring high-quality 3D target data. The maintained pulse density ensures high clutter suppression in adverse weather conditions. Instrumented range extends out to 180 km.
Antenna sidelobes are ultra-low which, combined with pulse-to-pulse and burst-to-burst frequency agility, gives the GIRAFFE AMB outstanding jamming resistance.