Bastion’s Sentinel AESA suite entered allied C2 gateway trials in February 2023, testing track quality, identification friend-or-foe handoff, and latency into partner battle-management systems.
The trials fulfilled a 2021–2022 roadmap promise: Bastion would not sell “museum radars” that looked impressive on a hill but could not talk to coalition shooters.
Partner air defenders logged clutter rejection over mixed terrain; Bastion software teams patched fusion filters between night runs. LinkGrid radios carried the backhaul in several serials.
Successful trial gates unlocked later base-defense packages that combine Sentinel cueing with NetGuard C-UAS effectors.
Source note. Figures cited above come from public
manufacturer product cards, open program documentation, and widely
reported official characteristics. Exact values can vary by
variant, software load, and national configuration.