There’s too many other things to spend the money on right now.

You are talking about K-77m1, the ramjet r-77m1 have been cancelled long time ago, it is said that K-77m1 will match performance of latest aim-120, and have an AESA seeker, however there are no infor whether that seeker is GaAs or GaN , the airframe is normal missiles airframe

My bet would be GaAs. GaN is very expensive for an expendable item.

Wrong Lukos ! Resolution is dependant on the size of the pixels, not the number of pixels. very common misconception most people have due the the train of though that more megapixel’s equals a better image, this is marketing at its best from digital camera company’s.

Other factors also include, spatial resolution, spectral, temporal and radiometric resolution along with a whole raft of different pieces of the system that make up the final image

Cheers

We’ve factored in spatial resolution too. DDM-NG covers 180deg with 1280×1024 x 2 sensors. EODAS covered 95deg with 4096×4096 x 6 sensors. DDM-NG has gaps caused by wing obstruction, EODAS doesn’t. Open and shut case. But yes processing is also a factor.

EODAS per 95deg
http://www.cinele.com/images/Documents/Datasheets/ir2013/4k_x_4k.pdf

DDM-NG per 180deg
http://www.sofradir.com/product/jupiter-mw/

I think my logic is sound.

Whilst I’m sure this is still a very capable system, does it have the feeling on a short-term fix that leaves the door open for something bigger and more comprehensive in the medium term? Or are the RN happy to carry on with rotary AEW do we think?

Something like this would be needed for detecting cruise missiles over the horizon anyway. AEW planes are typically very long range and the Airforce/Navy divide isn’t as strong as it perhaps is in the US, so RAF and RN assets operate together. UK airbases are sufficiently widely disseminated for one of the six Sentry AEWs (seventh used for training) to easily be able to reach a carrier in any position on the globe, not to mention the 14 Voyager tanker aircraft. So the lack of a carrier-bourne AEW is nothing more than a minor inconvenience at best.

This gives a rough picture but they’ve missed Ascension Island (middle of South Atlantic about halfway between Sierra Leone and The Falklands – blacked out on Google Earth:D). So carrier AEW is not really a big issue.

Ok that wasn’t informative, and it was only meant as sarcasm . But if you pay attention at the discussion from the start : it went like this :
Halloweene/MSphere : claim something quite unique about Rafale thus make it better than F-35 /Typhoon .

Lukos : claim something unique about Typhoon/F-35 that make them better than Rafale.
…… arguing bla bla bla ( both side)

Halloween/MSphere : made some dodgy claim about Rafale

Lukos : that sounds like BS, gave me the source or some evidence

Halloween /MSphere : no, a pilot on Fb told me but i cant give you his fb or i read it from some super secret source and that source is only available to me

Lukos : make fun of Halloween/MSphere or being sarcastic about Rafale fan

Halloween /MSphere : you are a troll, making fun of lukos
….. bla bla bla both side insult the others

So I think it totally unfair when you claim Lukos is a troll then claim MSphere knowledgeable. Remember why people consider JSR a troll? he making outrageous claim without anything to back up

I know, MSphere alone has made at least three completely BS claims on the Rafale thread, four if we count the DAS vs DDM-NG one, and we’re yet to see any evidence of passive SPECTRA BVR kills with live shots, or even simulated shots beyond what LOAL IIR missiles can do anyway. Halloweene originally claimed 10nm for the simulated shot:

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?129627-F-35-News-Multimedia-amp-Discussion-thread-(3)&p=2149816#post2149816

Now he claims >20nm:

http://indiandefence.com/threads/eurofighter-typhoon-v-s-dassault-rafale-analysis.22158/page-949#post-414463

The only source appears to show a target on a threat warning display, locked or otherwise, at 7.8nm.

http://www.defesanet.com.br/rafale/noticia/10893/Shooting-Down-an-Aggressor-on-My-Six–Vive-la-difference-/

Then he says he didn’t say that DEDIRA reduces Rafale RCS to that of a stealth aircraft…

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?134882-F-35-News-Multimedia-amp-Discussion-thread-(2015)-Take-two&p=2228223#post2228223

…but now he claims it does:

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?134882-F-35-News-Multimedia-amp-Discussion-thread-(2015)-Take-two&p=2228354#post2228354

And I’m the troll?

surprise, link works again. Search for Rafale Confidential on YouTube

Bah a little hand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb8W6QUITMc

That’s in French, so not particularly useful. The claim is BS. You cannot reduce a stores-equipped Rafale to the RCS of a sparrow against what could be several radars by electronic cancellation generated by a few jammers. If it could then France wouldn’t be working on geometrically stealthy designs like nEUROn, and nor would other countries like the US, China and Russia for that matter.

For once I agree with halloweene, FCAS is to be a system of systems, not one aircraft type.