This so going to be so frustrating for airframes that should also have the capability since my reports were rejected, so the issue is even less likely to be corrected in time for the update.
It’s even funnier, because of the moderator, closed the reports to comment so I didn’t have a chance to respond to fix the issues without needing to DM a Tech mod on the forums.
[DEV]The F-14B was missed when adding IRST/EOTS - SARH guidance
“There is no source for TCS in An Outsider’s view of the AIM-54 Phoenix/AWG-9 Weapons System; the page is excerpted from another book.”
Relevant exerpts
I don’t know about you but the following excerpt was preferentially supplied with the report because I wanted to save time and didn’t want to have to duplicate an excerpt, for a reason of such limited significance.
and the below page from the report is substantively similar, also the claim that the TCS is referenced nowhere is bogus as “IR/TV” sensor is mentioned in the “Antenna Program” column of the Pulse | Pulse Radar Slaved (PRSL) Mode entry.
More details are additionally provided in the DM of course
Both
[DEV]LITENING AT (AAQ-28(V)4)A2A tracking and SARH / ARH support
And
[DEV]ATFLIR A2A tracking and SARH / ARH support
Received the same response, containing two claims, which I will address separately;
“They already have air-to-air search/tracking capabilities, you can switch to targeting pod view, search the air, and can lock-on to air-to-air targets.”
The scope of the reports in question was to have aircraft (various F-15, F-16 ,F/A-18, AV-8B, etc.) with either Targeting pod referenced also receive these changes as both pods have an Air To Air capability.
Hell, we’ve even got video of it
Relevant excerpts
Note: A/A superior detection and tracking schemes is listed as a feature.
Note:
“However, ATFLIR’s capability has expanded beyond this traditional role to include support of unguided weapons and Global Positions System (GPS weapons), bomb damage assessment and Air-to-Air target tracking and recognition. ATFLIR has successfully detected, classified and tracked targets at altitudes and ranges substantially greater than those traditional targeting systems. Detection range exceeds 40Nmi and Laser rangefinder and Target designator is effective above 50kft.”
“There is no evidence in this report that they support SARH/ARH mode. The F-4 and F-14 are not the same as the F/A-18, that’s a huge logical leap.”
If that was the case then how does the APG-65 support “Memory track” and “track-files” functionality? It works the same way as outlined with the radar providing guidance while the Pod provides angular tracking of the target and hands off angular updates to the radar.
