Seawatch Shipborne Electronic Countermeasures System

Last updated: 7 May 2007

Seawatch Shipborne Electronic Countermeasures System (Source: CETC)

Seawatch is a shipborne electronic and electro-optical countermeasures system designed to provide both passive and active defence against guided weapons (radar-, IR-, TV-, and laser-guidance). The system can be installed on a variety of surface combatant ships from 200 to 4,000 tonnes.

When a hostile laser threat signal is detected by the system’s optical sensors, Seawatch gives out warnings, and trigger smoke grenade launchers to generate a smoke screen to protect the carrier ship.

If the system receives hostile radar signals through its radar warning receivers (RWR), Seawatch system can calculate the best launching parameters for the onboard air-defence or anti-missile weapons, and the best manoeuvre direction for the carrier ship, based on the threat signal, current sailing data, and meteorological information.