전투기 독일 공군, 유로파이터 전 기체의 레이더를 ECRS Mk-1 E-Scan 레이더로 교체 예정

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독일 공군이 앞으로 인도받을 38대의 유로파이터에는 E-Scan 레이더를 장착해 인도받고, 현재 운용중인 유로파이터에 장착된 캡터-M 기계식 레이더도 E-Scan 레이더로 교체할 예정이라고 합니다. 

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/luftwaffe-to-roll-out-e-scan-radar-across-entire-eurofighter-fleet/

Luftwaffe to roll out E-Scan radar across entire Eurofighter fleet

Luftwaffe to roll out E-Scan radar across entire Eurofighter fleet

25 SEPTEMBER 2023

by Gareth Jennings

The Luftwaffe intends to equip all its Eurofighter combat aircraft with the ECRS Mk 1 E-Scan radar. (Luftwaffe)

The German Luftwaffe will equip its entire fleet of Eurofighter combat aircraft with electronically scanned (E-Scan) radar sets, the government disclosed on 21 September.

Included in the Bundestag's Budget Committee approval list was the commitment to receive all newbuild Eurofighters with the European Common Radar System Mark 1 (ECRS Mk 1) E-Scan radar, and to retrofit the Luftwaffe's existing fleet of aircraft with Captor-M mechanically scanned (M-Scan) radars.

“All [Luftwaffe] Eurofighters will be equipped with a modern E-Scan radar,” the Bundeswehr said. “Newly ordered fighter jets will be delivered directly with the E-Scan radar, as 38 Eurofighters will arrive in the force from 2025. The remaining machines will have their radars retrofitted in the following years.”

Under the terms of the committee's approval, EUR197.7 million (USD210.4 million) has been earmarked for the development, procurement, and retrofitting of the ECRS Mk 1 over the term of the upcoming budget cycle. More funding will need to be made available for its completion.

https://www.hensoldt.net/products/radar-iff-and-comms/eurofighter-ecrs-mk1-active-aesa-nose-radar-for-eurofighter-combat-aircraft/

Eurofighter ECRS Mk1 – Active AESA nose radar for Eurofighter combat aircraft | HENSOLDT

https://defensearchives.org/editorials/the-captor-radar

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Mk2는 영국, 이탈리아, Mk1은 독일, 스페인이 쓰네요.

https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2022-07-13/typhoons-electronic-attack-radar-course-flight-2023

ECRS Mk2 is an all-new active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the Typhoon, incorporating enhanced electronic attack capabilities. It has no hardware commonality with the original Typhoon Captor radar forward of the power supply, nor with the other AESA-equipped Captor-E variants (ECRS Mk0 for Kuwait and Qatar, ECRS Mk1 for Germany and Spain). It will, however, feature a common human-machine interface.

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예, 저번에 말씀 나눴듯이 계보가 완전히 갈려서 전자는 레오나르도, 그 중에서도 에딘브러 중심으로 빅센 레이다 계보를 이어서 만든 물건이고, 후자는 캡터-E 계보를 이어서 헨졽트와 인드라가 같이 만드는 물건이죠.

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The new ECRS Mk2 uses a repositioner that employs a single rotating joint (as found on the ES-05 Raven radar used in the Saab Gripen E/F) rather than the double swashplate arrangement of the Captor-E. The use of a repositioner gives a much greater field of regard than possible with a conventional fixed AESA, and does so without losing performance at higher azimuth angles. The feature results in massive operational advantages, allowing pilots to turn away harder from their targets in a “classical” BVR engagement, and making them much less vulnerable to any return missile shot.

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ECRS Mk.2의 경우 스와시 플레이트가 두 개에서 하나로 줄어들어서 회전시 어레이페이스 전체가 회전한다는 점이 재밌는 부분 아닐까 합니다. 보통, 그냥 기계식 레이다든 APA 레이다든 회전형 레이다는 수평선 기준 orientation 자체는 변하지 않는데, Mk.2는 아예 기축선을 기준으로 레이다 안테나 orientation이 뒤집히는 물건이니...

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유로파이터가 위 그림에 나온 것처럼 BVR 전투를 하려고 이런 물건을 만들었는데, 템페스트가 저것을 과연 이어받을까요???

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Although the repositioner and new multi-function array represent very obviously revolutionary features of ECRS Mk2, the entire radar is extremely advanced. “The boxes are probably more important than the front dish,” Ross Wilson, radar chief engineer at Leonardo, observed.