PLA AEW&C, SIGINT, EW and MPA thread
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Here we go, there are ways to analyze it by physical appearance.
If the rotodome appears to have a band running across and over the disk, then its likely to be a mechanical scanning radar with the array set on both sides. The radar can be purely mechanical in scan, or it can be a linear phase array that can electronically scan only in elevation but not in horizon. The turning of the dome provides the scanning and its revolution rate is therefor the same as the horizontal scan rate.
If the rotodome appears to be fixed and is divided into three parts, then you're likely to be seeing something with a three faced phase array, with the phase array capable of independent elevation and horizontal electronic scan. This may either be a PESA with independent shifters on both X and Y axis, or an AESA working on the same principle.
Balance beam array is definitely either a PESA with electronic elevation and horizontal scanning or an AESA of the same principle. There is no physical room for mechanical parts.
If the rotodome appears to have a band running across and over the disk, then its likely to be a mechanical scanning radar with the array set on both sides. The radar can be purely mechanical in scan, or it can be a linear phase array that can electronically scan only in elevation but not in horizon. The turning of the dome provides the scanning and its revolution rate is therefor the same as the horizontal scan rate.
If the rotodome appears to be fixed and is divided into three parts, then you're likely to be seeing something with a three faced phase array, with the phase array capable of independent elevation and horizontal electronic scan. This may either be a PESA with independent shifters on both X and Y axis, or an AESA working on the same principle.
Balance beam array is definitely either a PESA with electronic elevation and horizontal scanning or an AESA of the same principle. There is no physical room for mechanical parts.
It does not read or sound that the radar is an AESA. Rather, its the same old radar on the rotodome updated with all sorts of modern components in the backend.
The E-10 is the one that is getting the AESA.
The only other AEWs with AESA are the Boeing made Wedgetails for Australia, based on 737s.
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evereachyu
Banned Idiot
Have You Seen So Many Y-8 AWAC's of Planaf?
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Londo Molari
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Thats strange, such a large aircraft is not a a UAV?
kanwa,report that after the crush of KJ-200 prototype ,development of KJ-200 AWACS may temporary stop,the aircraft needed more lifting power,speculate either ARJ comercial aircraft or sukhoi twin engine passenger aircraft may be candidate.
one short coming was her electronic,mission consult was heavier than swedish counterpart so was her radar antenna,which is 2 and half meter longer than eyrie.
one short coming was her electronic,mission consult was heavier than swedish counterpart so was her radar antenna,which is 2 and half meter longer than eyrie.
Skywatcher
Captain
The Y-8 is a perfectly capable platform for an AWACS of that size. The problem had to do with frost on the surface of the wing, IIRC. The reason the KJ-200 got delayed was because they had to replace the lost engineers and bring the replacements up to speed.