Background: Pulse-Doppler & AESA Radars
Radars are basically systems that use radio waves to detect objects. They emit radio waves in order to determine whether an object is in the sky.
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Background: Pulse-Doppler & AESA Radars
Radars are basically systems that use radio waves to detect objects. They emit radio waves in order to determine whether an object is in the sky.
Background: Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missiles (BVRAAM)
Beyond visual range air-to-air missiles (BVRAAM) are aerially launched munitions designed to engage targets in excess of 30km.
Background: Helmet Mounted Display and Sight (HMD/S)
Helmet mounted display and sight (HMD/S) systems are an increasingly common addition to the cockpits of modern fighter aircraft.
Background: Infrared Search & Track (IRST)
Although not a prevalent subsystem at present, it is worth taking a look at IRST systems as they are closely intertwined with modern...
The Emerging (Non-Western) Armed UAV Market
Armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have seen relatively widespread adoption in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia this past year.
Keep an Eye Out for the Denel Dynamics Marlin Air-to-Air Missile
The new program, now designated as ‘Marlin’, is envisaged as a 100km active radar-homing air-to-air and surface-to-air missile (SAM)
Keep an Eye Out for South Korea’s FA-50 Golden Eagle
The F/A-50 is the fighter derivative of the T-50. The T-50 was developed by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) with the help of Lockheed Martin.
Overview of the E-8 JSTARS and its Possible Successor
It has been a rocky road for the U.S Air Force (USAF) and U.S Army’s current Boeing 707-based E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) ‘replacement’ program, and it…
Keep An Eye out for South Africa’s AHRLAC
The costs associated with developing effective counterinsurgency synergy are being driven down thanks in great part to systems such as the AHRLAC
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