Eurofighter, 조향 가능한 AESA 레이다 개발

Miltech 2010. 9월 기사입니다. 도입확정국가는 없고 private venture라는군요. :) 수출을 위한 업계의 눈물겨운 자구책인 듯합니다. 2015년 전력화 목표. Eurofighter GmbH and the Euroradar consortium of Selex Galileo, EADS Defence Electronics and Indra, together with their industrial partners, have announced that they have began full-scale development of a latest-generation Active Electronically Scanned Array(AESA) radar to equip the Eurofighter TYPHOON. The target in-service data for the new radar is 2015 to meet the requirements of Eurofighter partner nations and export customers. - 중략 - The decision means that Eurofighter will further develop the capability of the TYPHOON aircraft to enhance its radar performance, building on preliminary development and flight testing undertaken since 2007. Although the current mechanically scanned(M-Scan) CAPTOR radar is considered to be best in class, AESA technology will see the TYPHOON's radar capabilities developed even further. The planned AESA radar will offer a variety of benefits over M-Scan, including increased detection and tracking ranges, advanced air-to-surface capability and enhanced electronic protection measures.The new radar will retain the key features of the existing CAPTOR radar architecture in order to exploit the maturity of the current system and will use latest generation technology to provide a full complement of air-to-air and air-to-surface modes. The large array can be accommodated easily in the TYPHOON's radome and, being fitted on a repositioner, will provide an extremely wide field of regard. The radar will offer customers the freedom to retrofit their existing TYPHOONs when required.  - 중략 - Industry's decision to launch full-scale development of the AESA version of CAPTOR as a private-venture programme is quite clearly due to the four partner nation's frustrating, perpetual incapability/unwillingness to fund the programme or indeed even only to clearly formulate a common operational requirement. The AESA radar was tentatively planned to be part of the Tranche 3 contract, but there is no sign of the core nations actually moving in that direction. In this context, industry's decision could be seen as a courageous, far-sighted move - or as a sign of increasing commercial nervousness. Irrespective of what the four European air forces think they need (and can afford) in terms of advanced avionics, the lack of a credible prospect for an AESA radar to eventually become available was increasingly acting as an albatross hung around the neck of TYPHOON's export prospects. In particular, the promise of an in service date of 2015 was in all evidence indispensable for the TYPHOON to remain a viable contender in the Indian MMRCA competition. p.s. 은행의 "꺾기"는 KIN~ 전투기의 "꺾기"는 만세~