APG-79

APG-79

The AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar is a new development for the United States Navy's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft, providing enhanced reliability and a high level of aircrew situational awareness. The AESA radar has an exceptionally agile beam, providing nearly instantaneous track updates and enhanced multi-target tracking capability. The APG-79 AESA uses transmit/receive (TR) modules populated with GaAs MMICs. [ [http://compoundsemiconductor.net/cws/article/news/30660 "GaAs radar adds grunt to Growler," compoundsemiconductor.net, July 2007] ] In the F/A-18E/F, the radar is installed in a slide-out nose rack to facilitate maintenance.

Benefiting from the entirely solid-state antenna construction, the APG-79 features dramatically improved reliability and lower cost - indeed, such is the confidence that the antenna will need no attention other than for battle damage, a modified radome, which slides forward instead of hinging to the right, has been introduced for the F/A-18E/F, saving valuable space in aircraft carrier hangars, where the radome is often damaged during routine maintenance.

The APG-79 is compatible with current F/A-18 weapon loads and enables aircrew to take full advantage of AIM-120 AMRAAM capabilities, simultaneously guiding multiple missiles to several targets widely spaced in azimuth, elevation or range.

The APG-79 radar completed formal operational evaluation (OPEVAL) testing in December 2006. As of January 2007 the radar was installed in 28 aircraft; some were experiencing software problems but that issue was expected to be resolved by the end of fiscal year 2007. [ [http://www.janes.com/defence/news/jdw/jdw070110_1_n.shtml "Nagging software problem plagues Super Hornet radar," Jane's Defence Weekly, January 2007] ] As of July 2008, Raytheon had delivered 100 APG-79 sets to the Navy; on June 3, 2008, the Navy received the first APG-79-equipped EA-18G Growler. The Navy expects to order approximately 400 production radars. [ [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/micro_stories.pl?ACCT=149999&TICK=RTN&STORY=/www/story/07-01-2008/0004842182&EDATE=Jul+1,+2008 Raytheon Press Release July 1, 2008] ]

ee also

* Joint Electronics Type Designation System

References

External links

* [http://www.raytheon.com/products/ Raytheon products website]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Apg — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. {{{image}}}   Sigles d une seule lettre   Sigles de deux lettres > Sigles de trois lettres …   Wikipédia en Français

  • APG II — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Sistema de clasificación APG II Obtenido de APG II …   Wikipedia Español

  • APG — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Grupo para la filogenia de las angiospermas Obtenido de APG …   Wikipedia Español

  • APG — is an abbreviation with several different meanings: * Aberdeen Proving Ground a United States Army installation in Aberdeen, Maryland, also **Phillips Army Airfield, the airfield of the above, from its IATA airport code * ABNF Parser Generator, a …   Wikipedia

  • Apg. — Apg. = ↑Apostelgeschichte (2) …   Universal-Lexikon

  • APG-68 — Das AN/APG 68 (JETDS Bezeichnungssystem) ist ein Radarsystem für das Jagdflugzeug F 16C/D Fighting Falcon. Es wird von dem US Konzern Northrop Grumman seit 1988 produziert, wobei bis 2002 über 2.900 Geräte ausgeliefert wurden. Inhaltsverzeichnis… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • APG-66 — The AN/APG 66 radar is a solid state medium range (up to 150 km) Pulse doppler radar designed by Westinghouse (now Northrop Grumman) for use in the F 16 Fighting Falcon and in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection s C 550 Cessna Citation and… …   Wikipedia

  • APG II — Classification APG II La classification APG II (2003) est peut être la classification botanique la plus importante aujourd hui. Elle est une modification de la classification APG (1998). La publication est : Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • APG-77 — Lockheed Martin F 22 Raptor …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • APG-81 — Infobox Radar name = AN/APG 81 caption = country = United States introdate = number = type = Solid state active electronically scanned array (AESA) frequency = range = altitude = diameter = azimuth = elevation = precision = power = The AN/APG 81… …   Wikipedia

  • APG-77 — Infobox Radar name = AN/APG 77 caption = AN/APG 77 country = United States introdate = number = type = Solid state active electronically scanned array (AESA) frequency = range = altitude = diameter = azimuth = 120° elevation = precision = power …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”