Also LWS can be added with this
From the looks of it, its just a LITENING 3 that’s been adapted to mount on Gripen. Hence the “G”.
Brilliant! thx ^^
Good spot I’ll do another report.
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And another thing that makes me wonder is low band antenne array. I know it means bearly anything by itself, but what do we consider a low band? It is in the EWS so it will be a part of RWR. Current one we have is E-J
Low band would be 30-300kHz so NATO A/B-band;
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Well, i guess that one diagram would not be enough to do anything?
I think we’d struggle to convince the devs with that alone.
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LWR report is up for all Gripen C models as well.
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AFAIK the only C/D fitted and tested with the MAWS per the locations shown in that diagram, was the Gripen NG demonstrator
Final configuration of MAWSU for production Gripen E/F is different however, with the front sensors located in front of the canards rather than the front of the wing root
Atleast that contains the location and pictures of the modules, as our C models lack the sensors externally the devs can just say no on the basis of we don’t have them modeled. I’ve added that presentation to the report as well.
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I thought i remember reading that some of the changes made in the demonstrator were fitted to some C/D’s to extend their service life.
That’s a really good find!
The fact that the sensors are differently located to the E/F version might be enough for it to be added.
But that also makes it sort of cut and dry that the main C/D version in service with the SwAF doesn’t have those sensors (at least up till recent years, there have been some talks of modernisation in conjunction with introduction of the E/F version).
Have we a response for the Derby/R-Darter loving to cosplay as SpaceX rockets when fired from more than 15km away?
They always loft to 5000m above the target and then have no energy left and then hang around for 5 minuites slowly falling back to earth.
I wonder if when the MAWS get poperly added, it will be possible to implement automatic threat countermeasures, so for example If MAW and RWR launch deploy chaff, If MAW and no RWR deploy flares.
That’s how the BOZ-107 works in automatic mode, takes feedback from the RHWR and chaffs accordingly.
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That is also how Zeus on GR5/7/9 is supposed to function as well.
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Hope that function gets added to the game soon, i assume helis MAWs work simmilary.
The MAW-300 UV sensors shown on the NG demonstrator were developed in South Africa by Grintek who are now owned by Saab. So I thought if anybody, SAAF would be the first ones operating Gripen C with the system installed (same system is on Rooivalk etc.). But that doesn’t seem to be the case either.
Presumably the LWS proposed would also be the Grintek/Saab LWS-310 system that compliments MAW-300 on several platforms (Rooivalk, C-130, HAL Dhruv, Su-30MKM) as part of Saab’s IDAS/CIDAS system.
MAWSU selected for Gripen E is apparently a different model based on Elisra (Elbit) PAWS-2 IR sensor.
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Anyone know what the tail fin antenna additions are?
i have found images of the same serial number gripen having both kinds at different times.
So i wonder if they are modular for specific missions or a permanent upgrade made.
I also wonder what purpose they serve as i cant find them listed in any infographic about the C version.