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Archives by date > 2013 > November > 11th

InTop: Sorting out Ships’ Topside Mess

Nov 11, 2013 14:11 UTC

Latest updates[?]: New study looks at replacing radars on many existing ships with a derivative of the USMC's G/ATOR.
CG-58 USS Philippine Sea Docking

USS Philippine Sea

A quick look at almost any modern warship shows a bewildering array of gear on its mast and upper surfaces. These “topside apertures” serve an array of functions, from communications, to data transmission, to electronic listening and defense. Not only do they disrupt ship smoothness, and hence radar profiles, when installed, but they can also be extremely difficult to integrate together so that object A’s transmissions aren’t interfering with critical service B. While firms like Thales in Europe pursue “integrated modular mast” technologies, the US Navy is aiming to go one step beyond. They’re funding “Integrated Topside” R&D to go beyond just a pre-packaged array, and turn all of these little bolt-ons into one common, smooth-running, and upgradeable basic architecture.

InTop for surface ships will be based on AESA radar technology, and aims to become an innovative, scalable suite of electronic warfare, information operations, and line-of-sight communications hardware and software. Its performance goals are to improve ships’ anti-radar profiles, increase communications bandwidth, and resolve electromagnetic interference and compatibility issues…

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Denmark Upgrades to LITENING G4 Pods

Nov 11, 2013 13:25 UTC

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RDAF F-16 w. LITENING G4, JDAM, Paveway, AMRAAMs, CATM-9

G4 on RDAF F-16

The Royal Danish Air Force still flies 30 F-16AM/BMs, improved to Mid-Life Upgrade standard. They’ve traditionally relied on Lockheed Martin’s AAQ-13/AAQ-14 pair of LANTIRN navigation and targeting pods, and a major upgrade was ordered in 2006. The RDAF possesses 16 LANTIRN-ER sets.

Danish fighters punch above their numbers on international missions, and in 2012, the Danes committed to a more modern solution for their frequent deployments. Lockheed Martin’s AAQ-33 Sniper pods were an obvious option, but the Dutch picked Northrop Grumman’s popular AAQ-28 LITENING pod instead, becoming the 1st export customer for Northrop Grumman’s modern G4 variant.

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