opticartini hat geschrieben: ↑Mi 23. Mär 2022, 14:12Erstens bezog ich mich bei der zitierten Aussage auf das
ursprüngliche (!!!) Radar ECR-90, siehe mein darauf folgender Beitrag.
Am ECR-90 sind Unternehmen aus allen vier Partnernationen beteiligt, darunter auch Deutschland:
Radar
Im Jahre 1990 wurde von der GEC Marconi aus Großbritannien, der DASA Deutschland, der INISEL aus Spanien und der FIAR aus Italien das EuroRadar-Konsortium speziell zur Entwicklung eines Radargerätes für den Eurofighter "Typhoon" gegründet.
https://www.bundesheer.at/truppendienst ... php?id=807
opticartini hat geschrieben: ↑Mi 23. Mär 2022, 12:20Vertreter von Hensoldt selbst haben betont, dass sie mit dieser Aufgabe Neuland betreten und erst die Kapazitäten und die Technologie aufbauen müssen.
Bei welchem Anlass soll das behauptet worden sein? Ein Vorgängerunternehmen von Hensoldt war über das Euroradar-Konsortium bereits an der Entwicklung des CAESAR-Demonstrators beteiligt
predecessor companies such as AEG, Aerospatiale-Matra, Carl Zeiss, Cassidian, Daimler, Dornier, EADS, Siemens, and Telefunken, as well as Airbus
https://www.hensoldt.net/who-we-are/about-us/#c17280
http://web.archive.org/web/200004200107 ... rborne.htm
Airborne Radar: Tornado Nose Radar (TNR)
The TNR is a multimode airborne radar, consisting of a Ground Mapping Radar (GMR) and a Terrain Following Radar used for mapping, fire control and terrain following. DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG heads a multinational consortium (Germany, UK, Italy) for the production of the Tornado Nose radar in Europe.
http://web.archive.org/web/200003091415 ... adar01.htm
AN/APG 65-GY is a Multimode airborne radar fire control and missile guidance. The combat efficiency of the Phantom F-4F aircraft of the German Air Force has been improved, using a modified AN/APG 65 radar system for fire control and guidance of AMRAAM missiles. This modified version of the radar is also used for the F-4E's avionics upgrade programme of the Hellenic Air Force.
http://web.archive.org/web/200003091652 ... adar02.htm
Airborne Radar:
Eurofighter Radar:
ECR 90
The ECR 90 radar is the "heart" of the Eurofighter. It has been developed and tested by the Euroradar Consortium led by Marconi Avionics (UK) and including FIAR (Italy), Inora (Spain) and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace. The ECR 90 provides a set of new technologies in compliance with the latest state of the art. It features a whole host of modes of operation including the detection and tracking of airborne and ship targets, terrain presentation as well as navigation tasks. Six AMRAAM air-to-air guided missiles can be deployed, thus endowing the Eurofighter weapon system with superb combat efficiency.
http://web.archive.org/web/199911051614 ... adar03.htm
CAESAR Hailed as Radar Triumph (13. März 2006)
The new generation of electronically scanned (E-Scan) radar systems has moved from lab tests to field trials following the first successful airborne operational test of Euroradar’s Captor Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar (CAESAR) fighter radar system, which took place over Wiltshire in the UK. This system is an E-Scan radar demonstrator developed and funded by the Euroradar consortium consisting of several key industry partners—SELEX Sensors & Airborne Systems (S&AS), EADS Defence Electronics of Germany, Galileo Avionica of Italy and INDRA of Spain.
https://www.microwavejournal.com/articl ... ar-triumph
Etwa zur selben Zeit, als BAE Systems in Großbritannien einen ersten Versuchsträger mit AESA-Radar in die Luft gebracht hat:
AESA Radar to Be Trialed on UK’s GR4 Tornados By 2007 (2. März 2006)
At the moment, the USA is the only country fielding AESA radars in its fighters: some F-15 Eagles with AN/APG-63 v2/v3 radars, the F-22 Raptor and its ultra-powerful AN/APG-77, the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet and its AN/APG-79, and the new F-16E Block 60 “Desert Falcon” external link with its AN/APG-80 (in service only with the United Arab Emirates).
The UK Ministry of Defence has now awarded a contract to a team led by the boffins at QinetiQ, in order to integrate an Active Electronically-Scanned Array (AESA) on a Tornado GR4A strike aircraft external link by 2007 for assessment by the RAF. It’s interesting that the Tornado F3 long-range air defense fighter or Eurofighter external link were not picked as the upgrade platforms, but there seems to be a method to Britain’s choice…
In terms of Britain’s future fighter force, the Eurofighter will generally replace the Tornado F3 air defense fighters. Upgrading the F3s, therefore, makes little sense. The Eurofighters sport advanced ECR-90 CAPTOR multi-mode pulse doppler radars, but the GDTAR Consortium of BAE, EADS, and Thales are already at work on an AESA replacement: the Airborne Multi-mode Solid-state Airborne Radar (AMSAR). If all goes well, AMSAR may be ready for fielding by 2010-2011. Additional upgrades are also contemplated that will give Eurofighters far more multi-role capability; at present, they are considered by many to be the second best air superiority aircraft in the world (behind the F-22A Raptor), but are limited in the strike fighter role.
Hence the recent announcement external link of this QinetiQ-led Advanced Radar Targeting System (ARTS) project. ARTS will explore the use of AESA and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) in an air-to-surface role, including real-time target imaging, with a view to replacing the 1970s-era Decca Doppler Type 72 mechanically-scanned terrain following/ ground mapping radar system. The program represents the first use of the Tornado Research Exploitation Vehicle (TREV) concept, which is intended to support MoD’s aspiration to achieve faster exploitation of research by the front-line.
A combination of AESA multi-mode radar, SAR surface-looking radar and improved computing power for integration of sensor data should be able to radically improve the Tornado GR4’s situational awareness of both ground and air spaces around it. Range and target resolution should improve substantially, as should reliability figures; meanwhile, maintenance costs could be expected to drop sharply. When coupled with new weapons like the Storm Shadow external link stealth cruise missile, Meteor long-range air-air missile and the Brimstone anti-armor missile external link, an upgraded GR4 could earn a new lease on life over low-intensity and high-intensity battlefields alike.
QinetiQ has teamed on ARTS with SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems and BAE Systems Customer Solutions & Support.
https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/ae ... 007-01960/
Hier eine gute Übersicht über die parallelen Entwicklungsprogramme:
LAKE Jon:
Next-Gen Radar, in: Air Forces Monthly (April 2021), p. 50-58
https://www.f-16.net/forum/download/file.php?id=34919