(WIP)
Specifications (AN/APG-65)
Antenna gimbal limit:
- Azimuth: ±70°
- Elevation: ±60°
Scale:
- Range: 5/10/20/40/80/160 nm (9/19/37/74/150/300 km)
- Azimuth: 20/45/90/140°
Elevation scan pattern: 1/2/4/6 bar
Beamwidth: 3.3°
Scan rate: 65°/s
Frequency: I band
Waveform: HPRF, MPRF, LPRF, Interleaved
A/A radar mode:
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Range While Scan (SRC PD)
- Range: ~80 nm (150 km)
- Waveform: HPRF, MPRF, Interleaved
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Velocity Search (SRC PDV HDN)
- Range: ~100 nm (185 km)
- Waveform: HPRF
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Track While Scan (TWS PD)
- Range: ~40 nm (74 km)
- Max No. of target tracks: 10 (8 displayed)
- Waveform: HPRF, MPRF, Interleaved
- Single Target Track (TRK PD)
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Boresight (ACM PD)
- Range: 500 ft ~ 5 nm (0.15 ~ 9 km)
- Scan area: 3.3° × 3.3°
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Vertical Acquisition (ACM PD)
- Range: 500 ft ~ 5 nm (0.15 ~ 9 km)
- Scan area: ±5.3° in azimuth, -14° ~ +60° in elevation (10.6° × 74°)
(Raid Assessment and HUD Acquisition modes are excluded, because they are not necessary in game)
Variants
- AN/APG-65: Base version. Installed on F/A-18A/B/C/D before Lot 16(1992).
- AN/APG-65(V)2: Modified version for AV-8B Harrier II Plus. Has smaller antenna due to the radome sizes, which results in 10% lower performance.
- AN/APG-65GY: Modified version for F-4F ICE and F-4E AUP.
- AN/APG-73 RUG I: Phase I upgraded version, using modules from AN/APG-70 for 7~20% longer detection range and enhacned ECCM, etc. Installed on F/A-18C/D since 1992, and later retrofitted to earlier F/A-18C/D and some F/A-18A/B.
- AN/APG-73 RUG II: Phase II upgraded version with improved air-to-ground capabilities. Installed on Lot 20 F/A-18C/D and F/A-18E/F.
- AN/APG-79: AESA radar based on AN/APG-73. Installed on F/A-18E/F aircrafts with improved forward fuselage called ECP 6038, and EA-18G.
- AN/APG-79(V)4: Scaled-down APG-79 for F/A-18C/D. The first airborne AESA fire control radar featuring gallium nitride technology.
- MSD-2000: Improved APG-65, proposed for EFA programme.
- Raytheon Advanced Combat Radar: Scaled-down APG-79 for F/A-18C/D. Initially offered for the U.S. Marine Corps’ F/A-18C/D radar upgrade, but eventually replaced with APG-79(V)4.
Sources
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- ADA142103 F/A-18 AN/APG-65 Radar Case Study Report by Paul F. Goree
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- An Illustrated Guide to Modern Fighter Combat (1987) by Mike Spick
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- McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet (Classic Warplanes) by Mike Spick
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- F-18 Hornet in detail & scale Part 1: Developmental & Early Production Aircraft (D&S Vol. 6) by Don Linn
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- WarbirdTech Series Volume 31: Boeing F/A-18 Hornet by Brad Elward
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- Aviation Classics Issue 23
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- Chapter 1 Radar Fundamentals by 곽영길
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- Fighter Aircraft Avionics Part III by Solo Hermelin
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