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The Mark 92 Fire Control System is a US-built medium-range anti-aircraft missile and gun fire control system. It was developed for the FFG-7 Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigates. The system is a licensed
The Mark 92 system assigns targets via the ship's air search radar, and surface search radar or from the Mark 92's own search radar capabilities. The system has two or three radar sub-systems depending on the model. The first two are combined into a single system called the Combined Antenna System or CAS is used in all models. The CAS has a track while scan radar (Search) and a tracking radar both housed in an egg shaped radome. 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 Mark 86 gun fire control system.
*Mark 92 modification 0 is an early version of the system for the USN.
::Gun and missile control:
::1 air engagement channel
::2 surface-search, TWS channels
*Mark 92 modification 1 is the version used by United States Coast Guard cutters as well as the PHM-1 Class USN hydrofoils (excluding . It does not use the STIR or control surface to air missiles.
:Gun only:
::1 air engagement channel
::2 surface-search, TWS channels
*Mark 92 modification 2 is the version that was originally fit to USN Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigates. It was also installed on the ''Adelaide''-class derivatives built for Australia.
::Gun and missile control:
::2 air engagement channels, including STIR with Mark 107 console
::2 surface-search, TWS channels
*Mark 92 modification 5 is used by certain Saudi Arabian
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The Mark 92 Fire Control System is a US-built medium-range anti-aircraft missile and gun fire control system. It was developed for the FFG-7 Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigates. The system is a licensed USN
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...
version of the Thales Nederland
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WM-25 fire control system. The Mark 92 fire control system was approved for service use in 1975. Introduction to the fleet and follow-on test and evaluation began in 1978.
Radar Systems
The Mark 92 system assigns targets via the ship's air search radar, and surface search radar or from the Mark 92's own search radar capabilities. The system has two or three radar sub-systems depending on the model. The first two are combined into a single system called the Combined Antenna System or CAS is used in all models. The CAS has a track while scan radar (Search) and a tracking radar both housed in an egg shaped radome. 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 Mark 86 gun fire control system.
Versions
*Mark 92 modification 0 is an early version of the system for the USN.
::Gun and missile control:
::1 air engagement channel
::2 surface-search, TWS channels
*Mark 92 modification 1 is the version used by United States Coast Guard cutters as well as the PHM-1 Class USN hydrofoils (excluding . It does not use the STIR or control surface to air missiles.
:Gun only:
::1 air engagement channel
::2 surface-search, TWS channels
*Mark 92 modification 2 is the version that was originally fit to USN Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigates. It was also installed on the ''Adelaide''-class derivatives built for Australia.
::Gun and missile control:
::2 air engagement channels, including STIR with Mark 107 console
::2 surface-search, TWS channels
*Mark 92 modification 5 is used by certain Saudi Arabian Badr-class corvette
The ''Badr'' class is a class of corvette built by the United States and operated by the Saudi Navy. The class has been relegated to a coastal defence role following the modernisation of the Saudi fleet. There are four vessels in service; , , a ...
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Class ships). ::Gun only: ::1 air engagement channel ::2 surface-search, TWS channels *Mark 92 modification 6 is an upgraded version of the modification 2 as part of the CORT program. It was installed on 12 USN FFG-7-class frigates, the eight Republic of China Navy's
Cheng Kung-class frigate
The ''Cheng Kung''-class frigates are eight guided-missile frigates in service in the Republic of China Navy (ROCN). They are based upon the U.S. and built by China Shipbuilding Corporation in Kaohsiung, Taiwan under license throughout the 1990s ...
s and two of the Spanish Santa Maria-class frigate
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::2 air engagement channels, including STIR with Mark 107 console and (coherent receiver/transmitter CORT) transceiver
::2 surface-search, TWS channels
STIR (Separate Target Illumination Radar) Deactivated
TheUSN
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...
retired the RIM-66E, or Standard missile-1, from active service in 2003. Oliver Hazard Perry frigates in USN
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...
service have had the STIR radar removed. The STIR radars are still in use on non-USN vessels.
References
See also
*Badr class corvette
The ''Badr'' class is a class of corvette built by the United States and operated by the Saudi Navy. The class has been relegated to a coastal defence role following the modernisation of the Saudi fleet. There are four vessels in service; , , a ...
*Hamilton class cutter
The ''Hamilton''-class cutter was the largest class of vessel in the United States Coast Guard until replaced by the Legend-class cutter, aside from the . The hull classification symbol is prefixed WHEC. The cutters are called the ''Hamilton'' ...
*RIM-66 Standard
The RIM-66 Standard MR (SM-1MR/SM-2MR) is a medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM), with a secondary role as an anti-ship missile, originally developed for the United States Navy (USN). A member of the Standard Missile family of weapons, the ...
*Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate
The ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' class is a class of guided-missile frigates named after U.S. Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the naval Battle of Lake Erie. Also known as the ''Perry'' or FFG-7 (commonly "fig seven") class, the warships w ...
* Mark 74 "Tartar" Guided Missile Fire Control System
*USCG Medium Endurance Cutter
The Medium Endurance Cutter or WMEC is a type of United States Coast Guard Cutter mainly consisting of the Famous- and ''Reliance''-class cutters. These larger cutters are under control of Area Commands (Atlantic Area or Pacific Area). These cutt ...
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Military equipment introduced in the 1970s