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Now we just need to start some discussions in the german EF topic as well, it’s not far from Part 2 either
Oh god, they are about to remodel the Typhoon to be made out of Aluminium
What are the differences between mk 0,1 and 2?
I would take the prototype right now the Captor M…man it makes flying Typhoon miserable.
That’s wild thanks.
Lead you mean….
Technology used.
0 is the worst of them
1 is much better, with block 2 it is going to be upgraded to be closer to mk.2
2 is the best of them
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With cost of plane overall rcs… not really benefit outside of WT tbh
Okay but like in what way lol
1 better than 0 (don’t ask me what way, idk they did not disclose it) and adds some EW capability
2 uses 2 types of t/r and is much better at EW.
There is a case to be made that Mk1 will have better range/power output (than Mk.2) because it (allegedly) uses all GaN T/R Modules, while the Mk2 uses both GaN and GaAs (allegedly) but has dedicated hardware for simultaneous EW capability compared to Mk.1.
The base Mk.0 should still be better than the Rafale AESA based on T/R count alone(they both use GaAs T/R), although in game that would probably only manifest in better range.
So if implemented right now there wouldn’t be a considerable difference in game.
Maybe the swashplate design on the Mk.2 allows for more elevation? I’m not sure.
Mk.0, Mk.1 and Mk.2 should have roughly 100° Azimuth Radar coverage.
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I doubt that “Extended Range Missile Guidance” is one of the key improvements listed for ECRS Mk.2 over previous versions. Also it requires the airframe to have enhanced power delivery systems fitted, so clearly draws much more power than the previous radars.
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I think the brochure compares mostly against the M-Scan, and the Mk.0 Capabilities Plus says it has increased power trough a high number of T/R modules, which i assume would be the GaN ones, giving it better range over Mk.0.
For the Mk.1 there’s some backing for increased range as well, this article states they went with GaN T/R Moduels because of: “Luftwaffe’s requirements for longer detection ranges and UHR SAR imagery with 10cm resolution”, so extended range was wanted over Mk.0 in the case of Mk.1 as well.
Also that article states that the Antenna Power Supply is still common across all Mk0/1/2 systems.
I do wonder what the split of GaN/GaAs on the Mk.2 is tho, i assume the GaN would be used mostly for the EW side of things, because it has more power output?
I think that this is an oversimplification and not the full picture?. Before going into the GaAs vs GaN thing its worth noting ECRS MK.2 required an all new and larger radome to accommodate the increased size and power delivery.
It also doesn’t seem that it uses a full GaAs module? Or maybe its a hybrid module using both. At least not from the wording here?
When I briefly looked into this I discovered that GaN and GaAs modules have their own strengths and weaknesses, GaN is not straight-up superior all the time but it almost always is, it seems there are regions where the difference is virtually unnoticable. ECRS Mk.2 likely uses GaAs modules in regions where it would not have an impact (I believe I read somewhere that this is on the receiver and processing side, whereas the transmitting side uses GaN? IDK this is out of my depth of knowledge to be completely honest I may be chatting nonsense).
TL;DR, there are areas of an array where the difference between GaAs and GaN are negligible and on ECRS MK.2 this has been used to reduce costs rather than a pure GaN array because ECRS MK.2 is a more innovative radar overall compared to MK.1 and MK.0.
When you compare the other physical parts of the radar combined with what we see from Leonardo and articles like this, it seems the physical properties e.g size, beamwidth, array size and power supply would have more of a factor than the usage of which semiconductor.
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You misunderstood it. Typhoon randome is larget overall compared to other planes, allowing for a bigger radar to be fitted it. Randome stays the same between other ECRS and ECR.
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So the new Meggitt radome is for all ECRS AESA radars?
I must be misunderstanding because I took it to mean that ECRS MK.2 was unique in getting a new, larger radome?
I think perhaps I misunderstood and the radome has rhe same dimensions, but allows a wider region of EM waves through
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It needs a new randome, due to its stronger focus on EW.
You can see in the article
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