Some AESA and PESA have been swapped so that the AESA dotation is homogenous. The idea is AESA equipped Rafale palying , as some would say “as quaterbacks”. The PESA radars have been upgraded too, sharing the same backend software as AESA and therefore some new capabilities, but it has not been ever contemplated (too expensive/gain). Tomcat is right about AESA orders. For sure, Qatari (EQ, DQ, RB series) are HMS equipped (Targo II for EQ, dont know for india, but my bet goese on it). Test engineer from Istres AFB said that the french AdA shoud be announced very early this year. My bet goes on a Scorpion derivative as Thales is producing it since they bought visionix (and owns a patent necessary for F-35 helmet btw, it’s gonna be funny when law battle is over, which should be very soon as Elbit/Rockwell already lost on invention in supreme court and originality in apeeal court).
Ithink i alreday linked that new version of Mancuso’s conference, talking about GaN,tile architecture etc. https://t.co/EfzYouoNiU
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