Russia’s Sukhoi aircraft maker has started tests of a new onboard radar system for its 5th generation T-50 fighter jet, the company sa...
 |
The new X-band active phased array radar has been installed on the third prototype of the T-50 fighter and showed a stable and effective performance comparable with the most advanced existing radar systems.It is an AESA(Active Electronically Scanned Array) Radar which is the latest radar design which
by spreading their signal emissions out across a band of frequencies,makes it very difficult to detect over background noise.It has an extended target acquisition range, works simultaneously in “air-to-air” and “air-to-ground” modes, allows attacking multiple targets, and provides electronic countermeasures capabilities.
