PAAMS

[1] The system equips the Horizon-class frigates in French and Italian service as well as the British Type 45 destroyers.

Irreconcilable differences in the design requirements and workshare disagreements led to the United Kingdom leaving the 'Common New Generation Frigate' project in October 1999.

[3] As a result of efforts to achieve economies of scale, the PAAMS command and control system shares common architecture between the Horizon class and Type 45 destroyers.

PAAMS is designed to track, target and destroy a variety of high-performance air threats, including saturation attacks of very low altitude, supersonic cruise missiles, fighter aircraft, and UAVs.

[4] The PAAMS(S) variant consists of both the SAMPSON and S1850M long-range radars and is capable of tracking in excess of 1,000 targets at ranges of up to 400 km.

Italian Horizon-class destroyer Caio Duilio equipped with the PAAMS(E) integrated anti-aircraft warfare system
The Action Information Centre aboard HMS Daring , 2009
HMS Diamond firing Sea Viper surface-to-air missile for the first time
HMS Defender firing an Aster missile.
Map with PAAMS operators in blue