FOI

WRONG, In Kosovo, Mirage 2000C pilots used to follow their leaders through bad weather and cloud layers (including heavy rain) using the IR Seeker of Magic II.

Range is reduced but not enough to affect safety of patrol flight.

You guys lake the most basic experience of military life or what? 😮

Another KNOWN FACTS Laser degrades WAY faster than IR and the technology isn’t progressing as fast either.

Military life? 🙂 You people use the equipment i make… i´m not in to the magic seeker thou.. still, IR cant physically find its way through clouds, same as the VIS spectra. Were they flying tight formation? or just 200 m apart:)

Suffiscience in in the lack of understanding of

1) MICA IR doesn’t NEED range finding simply because its seeker range is already higher than that of the laser beam, 18 km is for an AIM 8L or so, MICA IR seeker range is WELL beyhond BVR as are those of the AIM 9X and ASRAAM.

2) Laser rangefinding is only effiscient at up to 30/33 km in optimal conditions and its performances DEGRADES WAY FASTER than that of IIR seekers in adverse MTO conditions.

3) Something else; while you’re a it, learn about optical systems as well perhaps the word “Field of View” will make some sense to you and with more than 30 km detection range you certainly don’t miss much in terms of range with an IR…

IR degrades realy fast to! You cant see throu clouds or rain with IR, thats a physical fact, not a technical issue. Lasers can penetrate a bit with its high intensity..and also, laserrange varies a lot, mainly because of the output energy/pulstime variation.
And, you need to know the range for determine if your enemy are in range..otherwise you just wasted a really good missile on a object far beyond range..
A passive IR detection is always a “2D” detection without range..
But you should be able to detect a target range passively if you combine two friendly planes in a passive triangulation(a good separation) which makes it “3D” detection. this would be possible with a good radiolink.

Is the gripen radar purely swedish or a product of europeon cooperation.

The PS-05A is a SAAB Microwave product(former Ericsson microwave) some parts evolved from Blue Vixen radar (United Kingdom), the mechanical parts.

The new AESA will have a non-swedish antenna(front-end), but rest from SMW(back-end).
The maker of the antenna is still a buisness matter. Best performance and politics is usually the case the choice.

So let me get this stright, the F-35 (JSF) cockpit is “to small for a tall Dutch pilots”.

Is the F-35 cockpit too small for a tall American, British, Australian or Norwegian, pilot the same height as a tall Dutch pilot?

If you are taler than 1,93m that should be a problem….

FB-22 seems to be a good spinnoff from F-22…but no plug’n’play thou..

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/fb-22.htm

Gripen NG will have increased air inlets to make sure the F414 gets the air it needs 🙂

The jump in thrust from RM12 to F414 is anyway smaller than from F404 to F414 (ca. 25% vs 35%) since RM12 was boosted by ca. 10% compared to F404.

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Knowone except maybe GE and SAAB or Volvo knows the end-result of the testbenching.

It is safe to say the US will control its technology and hardware from being exported to a third party without its consent. To think otherwise it totally ludicrous………..:eek:

I have already told you how it works….:eek::eek::eek:
Concent is already made before ex. engineparts are integrated. Otherwise knowone will put the money in it?! Not even GE would put there money in it, like they have(GE does not get a penny from all the integrationwork, but the sales). Companies like GE, Thales, Volvo, Honeywell, Rockwell Collins, APPH, Martin-Baker and Terma is all in it with there own money, SAAB hasnt pay a dime for there integration.

The only thing in ex. US law that could stop a gripen sale, is the same law that stops a f-16 sale. The US list of blacklisted nations!
please go back and read the last 20 posts again. Look it up make some calls or stop jibiling!

General Electric:
GE Aviation and Volvo Aero Corporation will be working collaboratively on the new F414G fighter engine for the Gripen Demonstrator programme.

The F414G engine selected by Saab uses a similar architecture to the popular F414-GE-400 engine powering the F/A-18 Super Hornet, with minor changes to the alternator (for added aircraft power) and modified Full Authority Digital Electronic Control software for enhances single-engine operation. The F414 engine is capable of producing more than 22,000 pounds (96 kN) of thrust.

These engines combine advanced technology with proven reliability, maintainability and operability of its successful F404 predecessor while providing 35 % more thrust, with approximately 750,000 flight-hours and 700 engines delivered, the F414 engine continues to exceed U.S. Navy reliability goals.

For further information, please contact:
Greg Haas, Communications Director
+ 1 513-243-4714, + 1 513-325-5409

Fredrik Fryklund, Communications Director, Volvo Aero Corporation
+46 (0)70 319 23 96

Honeywell:
Honeywell is providing environmental control systems, air data computers, life support systems, pressure regulators, shutoff valves and radar altimeters to enhance safety and reliability.

For further information, please contact:
Jim O´Leary, Media Relations Manager
jim.o´leary@honeywell.com

Rockwell-Collins:
Rockwell Collins is providing an avionics suite of state-of-the-art Flight Management Computers, including switching, data transfer units and video processing capability. Rockwell Collins is also supplying three new intelligent 6″ x 8″ colour Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (AMLCD) Head-Down displays, and

is integrating enhancements to the existing Rockwell Collins Head-Up Display. This cockpit solution builds upon experience built up over many years in the market and will leverage future technology investments.

Tim Burris, Senior Director of Enterprise Communications
+ 1 319 431 6019

Martin-Baker:
Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited, a world leader of aircrew escape systems, is to be involved with the new Gripen Demonstrator Programme. Martin-Baker will supply a first-class ejection seat for this aircraft and support Saab in future aircrew safety requirements.

For further information, please contact:
Andrew Martin, Head of Business Development
+ 44 1895836658

APPH:
APPH Ltd, a BBA Aviation company, will be a part of the exiting new development of the Gripen. The design enhancements to the existing and already proven landing gear system will contribute towards the Gripen Demonstrator programmes future success.

For further information, please contact:
Peter Creasy, General Sales Manager
+ 44 1928 579 366

Terma:
Terma is sub-contracted to supply a variety of machined metal parts for the Gripen Demonstrator programme. As the leading defence and aerospace company in Denmark, Terma has unique knowledge, capabilities and experience within design and production of advanced structural parts for military and commercial aircraft.