I mean if the rest of the -Teen series had their period appropriate TGPs with A2A modes, they should also have this capability.
Edit: also that source mentions a major structural change to accommodate the E/F Superhornets. So will probably need to also show the 38B was used on C/D aircraft as well.
Currently the camera just doesn’t do anything when a target is locked on the radar.
It’s also an issue with other aircraft like the British and Italian Typhoons that have PIRATE however with how little attention the Typhoon reports get I doubt it will be fixed any time soon.
No, but datamines have shown that it does exist, or rather that it was worked on in some capacity. Initially I thought they would put on the F/A-18C Late, but they just gave it Litening II, for now at least. I believe Litening also has A2A functionality, but I’m not completely sure I am remembering that right.
It did have a limiter. FBW and Limiters are different. FBW is basically a request to do something, and the request is granted to the best of it’s ability. The F-14’s limiter was simply a dampener of the controls to allow the plane to be flyable.
I thought tornado IDS ret8 had maw pods similiar to the fgr4, and where are the other enhanced paveways it should get? I mean im glad there is another tornado with somewhat better weaponry but why not just add it to the existing tornado like they did with Germany, this just increases italy grind even more.
What’s the reason for this vs other Harriers still having it? The fact they don’t have the engine bay fire exhaust vents in the wing root?
Those got moved to the “frog eye” vents on top of the fuselage when the Harriers went from 65% LERX to 100% LERX.
Ed:- AGARD-CP-467 asserts that AV-8Bs don’t have a fire bottle
The IRST /EOTS takes over proving angular tracking data to radar if it looses the target and switches IRT.
currently On the live server this completely stops the flow of missile updates.
What this change allows is for the radar to continues to output emissions of the correct waveform, sufficient to guidance commands (or data linked target, point of intercept coordinates) to the missile in flight. ensuring that the missile not go dumb.
It should have a version of a BOZ pod with built in MAWS. So different to the TERMA on the GR4. But yes it should have MAWS. There is an internal report for this.
As for why it wasnt just added to the existing Tornado. The upgrades are too extensive. Germany just got a few GPS guided bombs but the A200C has a lot of upgrades and a lot of Potential upgrades. More than enough to justify a different BR imo and with potential to even give it Aim-9Li which could properly impact its BR. (though I am of the opinion the 11.7 Tornado IDS should already be equipped with IRCCM to justify the 11.7 BR over being 11.3)
It should get most of features it has IRL and become Italian GR.4 equivalent. It’s the latest and the best modernization of Italian IDS, I don’t see why it has to be held back.
PS give it AIM-9/L or M also