Bruh I just realized that EFT still have the same MAW as other aircraft (other than 360 Coverage like Rafale). I thought EFT at least have 60 degree vertical coverage instead of 45 degree.
Exact coverage is not known. Therfore it gets the standard 45 untill proven otherwise
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I wonder if they’ll give the prototype CAESAR Array thats fixed plate or skip straight to ECRS MK.1/2 its basically unknown about either.
Yeah… Would be good.
There’s also the question of which tranche tested which radar. If CAESAR is as old as I think, it was probably on’y tested by earlier tranches, so that might limit its armement.
ECRS mk2 isn’t even a thing as of now, to me it looks like it’s going to be ECRS mk1 to start with for the latest tranches, which might be an issue for the British EFT specifically
Mk.2 prototype flew last year, so that’s something
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iirc. CAPTOR-E is compatible with all Tranches of the EFT bar Tranche 1 due to it having less power, which is why the RAF is retiring those airframes or something to that affect
Tranche tends to generally dictate when it was built, not what features it has or has access too.
CAESAR was tested on a Tranche 2 (specifically DA.5 which was brought to T2 standards). It’s plug and play by design and swappable with the existing mechanical scan radar, doesn’t even require upgraded cooling. We could have it on the current aircraft.
ECRS MK.2 has already been integrated and test flown, it is continually being developed whilst the production line reaches readiness. ECRS MK.0 also exists. All variants are at the same stage of being test flown bar ECRS MK.0 which is in service but was tested on a British aircraft.
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ECRS.Mk2;
???
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German PIRATE attests that Gaijin can sometimes be annoying on that point, but I guess from all of the replies, things are covered
Since Britain decided to not go for the Mk1 but the Mk2 if the Mk1 were to come to Italy and Germany, gaijin could decide to not go for it for the British one (just like they decided to not add Pirate to the German EFT), but since CAESAR is tranche 2+ compatible and Mk2 prototype has flown, things are covered
Leonardo UK built the ECRS Mk0, which evolved into the ECRS Mk2. The Mk1, developed by Hensoldt and Indra for Germany and Spain, was never intended for UK service.
Is there a significant performance difference between 1 and 2 as far as WT is concerned?
Mostly in E-War I believe so not presently no.
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Hopium for CAPTOR-E
If they genuinely plan to add E-Scan to everything. It is the only realistic option for italy and Germany. Britain could get a bad soviet C&P with E-scan but that just feels dumb if Germany and italy get E-Scan
On a note regarding this. Germany explicitly decided not to participate in the development of the PIRATE system, they didn’t finance it, they didn’t contribute towards it, they had absolutely nothing to do with it and they just ‘could still use the system’. Obviously we know since then their testing aircraft have mounted it.
Euroradar CAESAR was a whole consortium option developed by companies from all of the nations and financed by all of the nations. Which even further makes it different than PIRATE because all nations contributed and financed it. It just makes no sense to swap it between airframes multiple times particularly when it’s a consortium developmental airframe. The arrangement is almost like leasing.
I still think Germany should get PIRATE now we’ve seen how it is in-game and how other systems are shared between aircraft, but particularly when it comes to CAESAR Selex ES (UK-ITA) was the leading partner, it would make even less sense to withhold it than the German PIRATE.
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That’s my fear we don’t get ASRAAM but German and Italian Typhoons get IRIS-T
Then we should get IRIS-T due to NATO and Typhoon
Maybe I’m being paranoid, game is pretty much ready for 9X and IRIS-T.
ASRAAM is more problematic because of the range.
Also think the Radar is buggy out again…Radar obsessed with rockets while not locking the jet is infuriating and 120C don’t seem worth taking