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TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
kwaigonegin
Colonel
DSI inlet would not make that much of a difference in RCS or detection from modern radars. It's not like it'll go from a basketball to a ping pong ball. If it's a new built sure but since the airframe is essentially the same right from the beginning it doesn't make much sense to totally redesign the inlet with DSI which then requires additional R & D, testing and time to delivery etc.
Brumby
Major
I agree. Say the F-16 in its present RCS (1 m2) can be detected at 100 nm. A reduction in RCS to 0.5 m2 would mean a detection range reduction to 84 nm. Money is probably better spent on EW features.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
It was only a test bed use for the F35 DSI’s the main advantage in theory would have been weight reduction. But as I have had more time to think on it. I realized that the addition of the chin mounted pods like Sniper and Legion basically required the current intake.
Brumby
Major
An old article on the DSI testing with F-16 as testbed for the JSF program. Besides weight, the DSI did improve the F-35 RCS.
Brumby
Major
The the USAF intends to keep and get more out of its existing fleet of F-16's further than previously planned. Radar and EW upgrades to keep it relevant.
Northrop Grumman Gets Funding for Hundreds of F-16 Radars
U.S. Air Force Seeks Jamming System Upgrade Supplier
Northrop Grumman Gets Funding for Hundreds of F-16 Radars
U.S. Air Force Seeks Jamming System Upgrade Supplier
Source :AWST
Brumby
Major
A number of airforces around the world are currently upgrading their existing F-16 fleet to the "V" standard which comes with it the air-cooled APG-83 AESA radar. There had been numerous speculations regarding the new radar range performance because of cooling capacity limitation. Air Force magazine Sep 2018 edition may even have suggested indirectly that its performance is inferior to that of the APG-80 liquid cooled AESA radar installed on the Block 60 (rated to have a range detection in excess of 110 kms against a 1m2 target).
Whilst there is no reliable number published to-date, the APG-83 range performance may be inadvertently leaked from an unclassified 2018 document pertaining to the Slovakia acquisition of its tactical fighter.
A detection range of 160 km against a 2m2 target translates to a 135 km detection range of a 1m2 target, This is clearly better than the detection range of the APG-80.
Whilst there is no reliable number published to-date, the APG-83 range performance may be inadvertently leaked from an unclassified 2018 document pertaining to the Slovakia acquisition of its tactical fighter.
A detection range of 160 km against a 2m2 target translates to a 135 km detection range of a 1m2 target, This is clearly better than the detection range of the APG-80.
A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) F-16 aircraft crashed near Shakarparian, Islamabad on Wednesday during rehearsals for the March 23 parade, an air force spokesperson confirmed.
Wing Commander Nauman Akram was martyred in the crash, said security officials.
Rescue teams rushed to the site of the crash while a board of inquiry has been ordered by Air Headquarters to determine the cause of the accident, the statement added.
The statement, however, made no mention of the pilots of the aircraft. “We are ascertaining the losses,” a PAF spokesman told Reuters by phone.
Islamabad Mayor Sheikh Anser Aziz said officials from the Pakistan Army and PAF have cordoned off the area and will conduct any further rescue operations.
Shakarparian is a hill in the capital, located near the Zero Point Interchange.
