TPQ-36/37 radars, fielded in 1981, are excellent battlefield proven Radar Systems. BES Systems' Radar Operational Control System (ROCS)
rejuvenates these outstanding radars at a minimum of cost.
TPQ-36/37 radars operating around the world, have no Digital Maps needed to utilize the ‘Built In ’Automatic
Height Correction (AHC) capability. Therefore, radar Operators must use the WLU DRUM and a paper map and perform Manual Height Correction in order to accurately locate enemy Mortars and Artillery. Manual Height Correction is time consuming process that limits the number of
detected Weapons to 2-3 Weapon locations per minute. Moreover the existing AHC function does not exploit the full detection capability of the radar. The User must process each target before radioing its coordinates (voice or via TACFIRE). This slows down the number of detected
targets transferred to remote Users.
TPQ-36/37 Radar with a ROCS can locate, display and communicate
10
Weapons per
minute and more.
TPQ-36/37 Radar 'Built-In' AHC function uses Digital Map
made from DTED Level-1.
Radar with ROCS uses DTED Level-2 for better accuracy of
weapon locations.
TPQ-36/37
Radar stores in its permanent buffer only 99
targets.
Radar with ROCS stores up to 500 Weapons.
TPQ-36/37
radar has only 3 friendly buffers.
Radar
with ROCS can store 25 Batteries and 100 friendly rounds.
TPQ-36/37 Radar operation is complicated, the Operator has to memorize and use Function Codes, this slows down Weapon detection process.
ROCS is a Windows 2000/XP System with Electronic maps, graphical displays and Menus.
The
system supports various digital formats of electronic maps, for example GeoTIFF.
TPQ-36/37 Radar operator can define up to 9 Artillery
zones with 3 priorities.
ROCS provides
up to 50 Artillery Zones and four priorities.
The radar connectivity to Command & Control is
via TACFIRE Fire Net interface.
ROCS provides an open architecture for implementation of desired protocol to communicate
digital data to other radar
systems, Batteries, or Command & Control systems via radio or wire.
TPQ-36/37 Radar Initialization and Set-Up is very
slow. Radar programs loading time using Raymond Cassettes is very long.
Radar with ROCS has Automatic Initialization and program loading.
TPQ-36/37 Radar Shelter Operators are exposed to
enemy fire.
Radar with ROCS can be operated from a
remote Notebook using LAN.
The TPQ-36/37radar Shelter is built
for one User (Operator).
ROCS
is built for minimum two Users Operation.
Existing Shelter 28DC power supply has limited
power (17 Amps). It can support only 2 analog radios.
ROCS
includes a 40 Amps Power Supply/UPS and Battery Bank Charger.
Operators must use the printer printout for debriefing.
ROCS records radar activity for later debriefing.
Training with Field Exercise Mode (FEM) is for
one Operator.
ROCS makes possible
to train a group of Users by running FEM in
a remote classroom via LAN.
The radar needs UTM maps on WGS-84
Datum.
Radar with ROCS
can be programmed to use maps based on
different Datum and output
Weapon locations and impacts in any coordinate
system.
Raymond, B-Scope, Printer, DRUM
Assemblies are nor
needed in the ROCS system.
