Reutech Radar Systems has been awarded a contract by the South African Navy (SAN) to research and develop a replacement optical radar tracker (ORT) for the four Valour-class frigates.

The ZAR8.417m ($1.2m) contract follows a contract awarded in January, according to Defenceweb.com.

The details of the contract have not been disclosed, however, defence analyst Helmoed-Römer Heitman said the deal would partly be an upgrade and partly a replacement of the laser range-finders.

The tracker, designated as RTS 6400, is a 60km instrumented-range monopulse X-band combined radar and optronics tracking system that uses a wide-band, high stability Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA) and advanced Doppler signal processing.

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The highly modular design of the tracker allows easy adaptation to all naval fire control applications and to support semi-active homing missiles.

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Each of the four frigates is fitted with one ORT and one electro-optical tracker (EOT).