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 Posted: Feb 13, 2011 - 09:09 AM
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How good is Rafale's new AESA compared to Block 60 and Super Hornet's? in terms of range and tracking speed
Its the first western AESA radar outside the US . |
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Posted: Feb 13, 2011 - 08:42 PM
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| According to the UAE, the APG-80 has more range, and better interleaving of modes/more modes. It would fare even worse against the APG-79. |
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Posted: Feb 13, 2011 - 10:20 PM
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| It might not be as good as the US AESA radars, but I'm sure it's still state-of-the-art. |
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Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 04:27 AM
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| I would concur with disco. Cheers to France on this achievement. And bon chance to Rafale. |
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Posted: Jun 12, 2011 - 11:42 AM
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Putting aside the limited size of the radar (an obvious flaw that they're stuck with) just how cutting edge is this radar? As far as I was aware it's a new(ish) AESA front end mated onto a slightly modified but old backend.
I'm not so sure it is state of the art (actually i'm thoroughly convinced on that part) but yes it's a nice achievement for the French. |
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Posted: Jun 12, 2011 - 05:28 PM
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| The backend is certainly not the very newest, but probably not more dated than that of an AN/APG-63(v3) or AN/APG-77 which were designed around the same time. |
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duplex
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Posted: Jun 26, 2011 - 03:25 PM
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discofishing wrote:
It might not be as good as the US AESA radars, but I'm sure it's still state-of-the-art.
Can anyone take this serious? five years based on what?
Thales is “five years ahead of anybody in Europe or the U.S.” in active arrays for airborne radars.
http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-ne ... dar-30149/ |
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Posted: Jun 26, 2011 - 05:21 PM
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| There are indeed some people who take this serious, but it should be classified as marketing talk and nothing else. |
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Posted: Jun 27, 2011 - 01:46 PM
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| Fun Fact: 99.999% of all who argue over subject matter such as this, will never actually operate either radar. |
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