i have said several times, there is nothing wrong with rafale that money wont fix and its been a waste of a good plane
both the 2005 and 2010 say similar things, and i agree its software if the hardware is current tech, this has not been shown though and i wonder about the sensitiviity on recieve as the yanks arent cranking up power to get range
if fact they are doing the opposite and working in background EMS
the 2010 states clearly UAE want it to be better
What the Emirians are calling for is much more complex. They want, in addition to the AESA, to have new functionalities on their Rafale, such as GMTT / GMTI detection and tracking of moving ground target, interlacing between air/air and air/ground modes, etc..
the only way to achieve the 10% range increase is a big boost to the power of the radar.
But more power to the RBE2, could it be a risk to generate serious electromagnetic interference (EMI) with the SPECTRA receptors ?
The Emirati experts participating in negotiations are well aware of the problem. But they are also used to have very high quality weapons systems. They want to avoid any regression with the Rafale, at least on the radar range, compared to the F-16 Block 60
the 2005
However, Dassault and Thales are not proposing to make the AESA the all-encompassing RF Cuisinart that Boeing envisages for the Super Hornet, with features such as passive detection, multi-beam operation and jamming. Nor does the team intend to exploit the AESA’s wide bandwidth
have you actually read an article on the apg-79, its not just a radar its far more than that
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