Radar Refits: F-15s Looking for the AESA Edge
Nov 07, 2010 12:00 EST
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Installation and delivery progress. (Nov 4/10)
Most F-15C Eagle air superiority fighters use APG-63 radars with mechanically steered arrays. While upgrades over the years have improved them, a new generation of radar technologies has appeared. With cruise missile defense rising in importance, and longer-range detection desired, upgrades are necessary. The USAF is discussing a retrofit set that would turn the F-15Cs into multi-role fighters; a next-generation AESA radar would be part of that, but meanwhile, the program to upgrade select F-15C units with AESA radars continues as an air-air improvement.
They will now be joined by the USAF’s entire 2-seat, multi-role F-15E Strike Eagle fleet, whose future AESA radar has received some improvements, and a new designation…
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