Why has the radar of the new german Typhoon a 180°×180° serch zone?

[Fitze_Fatze_389]

As you all know Germany, Great Britan and Italy all got a new Eurofighter with the Captor-E Radar. This is an AESA-radar. But for dome reason the radar of the german one has a 180°×180° search zone while the other ones have a 200°×200° search zone although they are using the same radar. Is there a valid reason for this or why is this?

[Pheonix_RX01]

They use Mark II radar Germany uses MK.1

Iirc

[LaiZeyy]

Yeah, the Germans stayed with an earlier model of the CAPTOR-E while all the other nations went for the upgraded one

[Morvran]

different radars made by different companys.

Germany is going to use the ECRS Mk1 by hensoldt and Indra

Britain and Italy are going to use the ECRS Mk2 by Leonardo and BAE

Both are continuations of the Mk0 originally made by Leonardo

The ECRS Mk1 has different scan zones, the reason behind this is unknown, but the primary sources exists for it

@OrsonES

Vehicle History

Early on in the 1990s, before the Eurofighter had even taken to the skies, collaborative efforts between European nations were already developing what we would now know as an Active Electronic radar or solid state radar. While the ECR-90 (CAPTOR-M in production) would be the radar to see the Eurofighter into service with the consortium nations, work in the background to develop its replacement was ongoing. Initially the CAESAR (Captor Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar) radar, produced by the Euroradar consortium of nations (Germany, Great Britain, Spain and Italy), would serve as the foundation for CAPTOR-E, the next generation of radar sets for the Eurofighter. Through its testing and development, CAESAR would mature and be developed into the next generation of AESA radars for the Eurofighter: the ECRS series.

The European Common Radar System (ECRS) was developed by Leonardo (ECRS Mk 0 & Mk 2) and Hensoldt/Indra (ECRS Mk 1), with integration being carried out by BAE Systems and Airbus Germany on aircraft platforms. Operationally, Qatar and Kuwait are already using the ECRS Mk 0 on their Eurofighters. Now the main Eurofighter operator nations are beginning to integrate their chosen versions of the ECRS onto production aircraft, with examples from Spain and Britain having already flown on production examples of the Eurofighter. Germany is also carrying out ongoing integration of the ECRS Mk 1 and Italy has agreed the acquisition of the ECRS Mk 2 for its Eurofighters after developing that version with the UK. It is expected all four nations will have operational service examples in the next few years and into the 2030s.

@OrsonES

Unlike some other “fixed plate” AESA radars, the ECRS can also make use of its repositioner to achieve an average of 50% larger scan area volume when looking at existing mechanical sets. On the German Eurofighter equipped with the ECRS Mk 1, this provides a field of view of ±90°, while the Mk.2 on British and Italian aircraft extends this to ±100°. As a result, you’ll benefit from much better airspace awareness and the ability to track targets that would normally fall outside of the gimbal zone!

[Fitze_Fatze_389]

Thank u guys

[White5678]

Historical use of the MK1 radar compared to the other Euros which use MK2, however while there is a primary source stating it is 90 FOV instead of 100 there’s presentations that dont mention the supposed FOV differences despite obviously being an important detail. On a balance perspective is there a valid reason? No, the german Euro is just worse with no tradeoff, it is the worst Euro now hands down.

This is a much worse situation than the previous GER Euro, the non aesa EF2000 lacked the IRIST however it had AIM9L/Is, having worse radar FOV and not being able to notch while keeping a lock is a much worse situation than no IRIST.