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Post by ironhold on Jan 10, 2024 0:25:49 GMT
Currently, most AWACs aircraft are large turboprop aircraft, both for the size (in order to compensate for the dish and electronics) and for the loiter time.
I wonder, however, what would happen if a fighter plane is fitted with a dish of such nature, sized down to scale.
Would it even be worth attempting?
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Post by the light works on Jan 10, 2024 1:13:40 GMT
Currently, most AWACs aircraft are large turboprop aircraft, both for the size (in order to compensate for the dish and electronics) and for the loiter time. I wonder, however, what would happen if a fighter plane is fitted with a dish of such nature, sized down to scale. Would it even be worth attempting? doubtful, considering modern fighters already have an effective radar suite. part of the reason for the size of the AWACS plane is the crew of radar techs operating the system and downlinking to the command center. what might be worth the bother is to set up a datalink for individual aircraft radars that simply does a radar dump with location and heading stamps, to the command center. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Jan 10, 2024 2:22:00 GMT
Currently, most AWACs aircraft are large turboprop aircraft, both for the size (in order to compensate for the dish and electronics) and for the loiter time. I wonder, however, what would happen if a fighter plane is fitted with a dish of such nature, sized down to scale. Would it even be worth attempting? doubtful, considering modern fighters already have an effective radar suite. part of the reason for the size of the AWACS plane is the crew of radar techs operating the system and downlinking to the command center. what might be worth the bother is to set up a datalink for individual aircraft radars that simply does a radar dump with location and heading stamps, to the command center. Because of it's large size, the radar on an AWAC can "see" things with a radius of 250 miles away. That's almost 200,000 square miles coverage. It would take a lot of individual fighter jet radars to cover that size an area, although I'm sure it's possible. |
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Post by the light works on Jan 10, 2024 3:39:03 GMT
doubtful, considering modern fighters already have an effective radar suite. part of the reason for the size of the AWACS plane is the crew of radar techs operating the system and downlinking to the command center. what might be worth the bother is to set up a datalink for individual aircraft radars that simply does a radar dump with location and heading stamps, to the command center. Because of it's large size, the radar on an AWAC can "see" things with a radius of 250 miles away. That's almost 200,000 square miles coverage. It would take a lot of individual fighter jet radars to cover that size an area, although I'm sure it's possible. I was thinking more of having updates on a combat theater environment in locations there wasn't other radar coverage. in the "any information helps" category. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Jan 10, 2024 6:15:22 GMT
Because of it's large size, the radar on an AWAC can "see" things with a radius of 250 miles away. That's almost 200,000 square miles coverage. It would take a lot of individual fighter jet radars to cover that size an area, although I'm sure it's possible. I was thinking more of having updates on a combat theater environment in locations there wasn't other radar coverage. in the "any information helps" category. No reason for your radar platforms to be capable of moving at mach two. I would think that a drone based system would be more appropriate. They probably have it already. |
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Post by the light works on Jan 10, 2024 13:08:43 GMT
I was thinking more of having updates on a combat theater environment in locations there wasn't other radar coverage. in the "any information helps" category. No reason for your radar platforms to be capable of moving at mach two. I would think that a drone based system would be more appropriate. They probably have it already. but there's also no reason to have a drone radar platform AND a mach two capable radar platform at the same time. and it would probably impair the performance of both. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Jan 10, 2024 18:20:31 GMT
No reason for your radar platforms to be capable of moving at mach two. I would think that a drone based system would be more appropriate. They probably have it already. but there's also no reason to have a drone radar platform AND a mach two capable radar platform at the same time. and it would probably impair the performance of both. On another AWAC note, here's the replacement for the current 707 based AWAC's featuring a much smaller "disk." www.airandspaceforces.com/usaf-selects-boeings-e-7a-wedgetail-as-successor-to-awacs/ |
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