Before ASTOR (which became Sentinel) there was CASTOR (Corps Airborne Stand-Off Radar), which came in two forms as follows:
Army: CASTOR-I, this was Britten-Norman Islander with the RSRE / Thorn-EMI SAR*- this aircraft has been relatively well documented
RAF: CASTOR-C, this was to use the...
1980s
airborne stand-off radar
battlefield surveillance
british army
british army of the rhine
cold war
ferranti
gec avionics
great britain
ministry of defence
radarroyal aircraft establishmentroyalsignalsandradarestablishment
tactical reconnaissance
thorn emi
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