Considering the simplifications already done for the sake of gameplay/balance/etc, I would not expect AESA to have any specific or advanced features. I’d imagine it’d have smaller notch windows and still be susceptible to multipathing.
Essentially a better PD radar with insane scan rate. I would like for it to also have the same TWS the F-14A had at launch but that’s copium from me.
The Pantsir already has PESA modeled, AESA will probably be the same thing but slightly better
That is my expectation as well.
There’s also the ASRAD’s radar.
yea but thag thing doesn’t have AESA modelled
it’s modelled as a Bad PD radar
Which kinda goes back to, AESA will probably be modeled for planes to be just a PD radar of some sort.
It is just very small vertical scan. Upgraded HARD 3D has 36 degree scan, but i dont know about PS-91 (Swedish designation for base HARD 3D radar)
AESA =/= frequency switching.
Many AESA can frequency switch, but that’s also a feature of some non-AESA radars.
yea but not scanning in multiple frequencies at the same time, that only AESA can do because PESA and Parabolic Antenna based radars both lack the Amount of antennas required for using multiple Frequencies at once
just looking at the video that looks like a weirdly modeled PD search radar.
a AESA would look more like this:
AESA does exactly that though… its like the main advantage over PESA…
“The primary advantage of an AESA over a PESA is the capability of the different modules to operate on different frequencies. Unlike the PESA, where the signal is generated at single frequencies by a small number of transmitters, in the AESA each module generates and radiates its own independent signal. This allows the AESA to produce numerous simultaneous “sub-beams” that it can recognize due to different frequencies, and actively track a much larger number of targets. AESAs can also produce beams that consist of many different frequencies at once, using post-processing of the combined signal from a number of TRMs to re-create a display as if there was a single powerful beam being sent. However, this means that the noise present in each frequency is also received and added.”
one may also add some disadvantages of AESA radar over Parabolic antenna PD radar
much smaller maximum scannable field as long as the antenna is static (~60°)
Large Radar cross section as the Antenna is a flat Radar reflective surface compated to the parabolic surface of a Mechanical radar
those are btw the reasons why the CAPTOR-E on a Tranche 4+ Typhoon are mounted at an angle on a turntable
That is one of 3 radar scan patterns. I call it E low, as it is used in game on electronically scanned radars with low elevation.
We have MSA radars
Low E radars (including ASRAD) where they jump across the whole elevation scan
And High E where they do certain elevation zones at one time, used on radars with high elevation
oh yeah, agreed.
minor adjustment: its ± 60 deg so a 120 deg total angle of scan in a cone. but yes.
at least on jets that cross section is somewhat hidden by the nosecone that goes over the radar.
I think almost all modern jets with AESA radar has them on an angle and rotate them for a wider FOV.
Ony ECRS on EF and Raven on Gripen use gimbals for their AESA as of now.
and AESA would then look like the Low E but jumping in horizontal direction at the same time over the FOV while rotating.
its just fewer beams the longer range you scan in and the more targets you track in TWS.
yes? i don’t understand what you mean, isn’t a gimbal also rotating the radar?
It’s mechanical scanning in addition to the Electronic beam scanning. This is useful since there are hard limits on the gain for T/R modules(Sidelobes) and so improves off axis performance which is important when performing certain BVR maneuvers (Crank).
No, most AESA radars are not on gimbals, but are solid mounted
Gripen and EF have gimbals, that allows them to move it around, just like MSA
That is the case for plane mounted AESA (as they lack the gimbal most of the time, and those with gimbal do the same thing), but it might not be for ground based. I failed to find data about modern scan patterns for ground radars
oh, i read it as if you ment that gimbals were not a rotating mechanism. but yes.
i think there are more jets with movable radars. in addition to those you mentioned (found in about 10 min, there are probably more):
SU-57.
F-16’s newest radar upgrade.
Mirage 2000-5
F-15E
