The
Radioelectronic Technologies Concern (KRET) of Rostec State Corporation
presented an active phased antenna array radar Zhuk-AME designed for
multipurpose MiG-35 fighter jets, the press service of the company said.
"The Radioelectronic Technologies Concern designed the
Zhuk-AME active phased antenna array for the MiG aircraft family. The new radar
provides for combat outside direct vision and simultaneously tracks 30 targets
and destroys up to six of them in the air and four on the ground," it said.
The Zhuk-AME active phased
antenna array / Source: phazotron.com
The new
radar with active phased antenna array helps fulfil missions in complicated
weather conditions and jamming by the adversary. "The use of the active
phased antenna array increases the target detection range to 160 kilometers.
The radar can simultaneously operate in air-to-air and air-to-surface regimes,
identify and classify group and single objects, attack several of them with
high-precision weapons, transmit data on tactical situation to other aircraft
and engage in radio-electronic warfare," the press service said.
"The upgraded onboard Zhuk radar has already been certified
for export. It surpasses competing radars by tactical and technical
characteristics and is to be mounted on perspective new-generation aircraft,
including MiG-35 fighter," said KRET First Deputy Director General Igor
Nasenkov.
Source: TASS.com
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