The Pantsir-S1M SAM system shown at the Armiya 2019 exhibition. (Janes/Mark Cazalet)
Russian defence export agency Rosoboronexport revealed details about the sensors integrated into Pantsir-S1M, which is the latest variant of the Pantsir family of air-defence systems, at the Aero India 2025 show in Bangalore held from 10 to 14 February.
It is very likely that Russia is pitching this system to India. In November 2024 Rosoboronexport signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with India's state-owned Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) to collaborate on the Pantsir self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and missile (SPAAGM) system developed by Russia's Konstruktorskoe Byuro Priborostroeniya (KBP) Instrument Design Bureau. The companies did not specify the Pantsir variant they will be co-operating on.
Speaking to Janes at Aero India 2025, a Rosoboronexport official explained the electro-optical (EO) system, multifunctional radar, and target acquisition radar integrated into the Pantsir-S1M system.
The EO system can conduct automatic and semi-automatic search, and lock on to and track a target. It can track one target and guide one surface-to-air missile (SAM) at a time towards the target. The system has a maximum range of 26 km for automatic tracking of a target, the official said.
The official added the multifunctional radar can track four targets and guide four SAMs at a time towards the targets. This is a K-band radar with an operating frequency of 18–27 GHz, and an azimuth and elevation of -45° to 45°.
Pantsir-S1M's target acquisition radar can detect and track up to 40 targets. This radar has an azimuth of 360°, an elevation of 80°, and a range of 80 km, the official said.
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