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The on-mount RF antenna for the Sovraponte is just to communicate with the DART munition. It's not a proper fire control radar by itself - the same is true for the antenna in the Strales mount.


For general fire control, the gun still relies on an external radar - in this case what appears to be the NA-30S Mk.2, but on previous versions of design, the Kronos Starfire (fixed-face X-band GaAs AESA).


The panels on the superstructures are the Kronos Dual Band Radar, made up of the Kronos Quad (C-band GaN AESA) and the aforementioned Kronos Starfire. The C-band handles the vast majority of tasks, while the X-band generally does horizon watch, surveillance of small surface targets (periscopes, USVs, even mines), supports gun fire control, and coordinates with the IEWS (Virgilius) to act as an oversized electronic attack system.


Since it hasn't yet been mentioned here -


An interesting feature of this design revision is the 'light' gun system. The MMI has generally used the 25mm KBA as light waist guns for most of its modern combatants (some as RWS, most as manned mounts). This design is actually moving to a 30mm system (likely 30x173), all as Remote Weapon Systems. They will use a separate sensor system located on the forward mast and are intended to provide enhanced protection against low-end threats like one-way attack drones. There are now three positions - two just ahead of the forward superstructure, and one mounted on the port side of the helicopter hangar, opposite the aft electronic attack module.


To be totally honest I think this is a tad excessive given the extensive existing gun armament, but better safe than sorry I suppose.


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