Originally posted by acfan2003
Hey Chinese Enthusasts! Speak up. I want to know how far China is regarding these radar technolgies.

Give specifics and details.

i remember a thread sometime ago on this forum about china’s AESA progress… something like they had just developed the tiny T/R modules that make up an AESA, however they haven’t figured how to slash the costs of each module as the americans have done. if i remember correctly each chinese module cost $40000 – and in a good-sized AESA you need at least 1000 modules (APG-80, 81) and the APG-77 has something like 2200. think about the cost.

Originally posted by Vortex
are you basically asking which missile’s IR seeker have the longest lock on range using only the seeker itself? If that’s the case then i’ve heard the Falcon seekers are pretty good.

Falcon?? as in AIM-4?? that’s a 45-year old missile, it can’t be good right…

if u guys are talking abt IR seeker lock-on range, then my money’s on the Python 5 too. it’s also the latest IR AAM, from Israel no less and coupled with its 360 degree off-boresight capability and NBVR range IMO it’s a world-beater.

don’t forget the (YR)B-49 — excellent aircraft for its time.

one method that helps ease detection of LO/stealth aircraft is by bi- or multi-static radar… essentially a radar where the emitter and receiver are a distance apart.

since stealth tech (esp shaping) tries to deflect radar waves in many directions at once and thus prevent significant returns of the radar waves back to the receiver ( usually assumed to be very near the emitter as in most radars), placing the receiver(s) in different places far apart may help by picking up radar returns deflected in other directions. of course you need plenty of signal processing for this and still not get a good target trace, but it helps.

read somewhere that it’s possible to detect stealth using mobile phone networks. perhaps the large number of emitters/receivers work like i said above. can anyone shed some light on this?

Originally posted by Stadawim
And now they’re trying to scramble and ensure their military contracts are up to snuff? These are just the actions of a desperate body. Lockheed is already going to be the military aircraft house for the future, there isn’t room for anymore (as proven by the consolidations of the 90s and the US government unfortunately). Why, i don’t know. Stupid in my opinion to combine all these aircraft manufacturers. But then, i like my planes. I guess losing first the ATB, then the ATF, and even then the C-X wasn’t enough to convince an already blind company that they just don’t have what it takes anymore.

Boeing actually was part of the winning LM/GD/Boeing ATF team that came up with the F-22. the F-23’s team was MDD/Northrop Grumman. i didnt like Boeing’s JSF entry though. ugly and fat.

and remember in both cases france got bailed out by the blood of the very americans and british he’s flaming.

and in both cases if not for US/brit help france would be occupied by the very fellow continental europeans he seems to be supporting.