Gripen NG Flying with Raven ES-05 AESA Radar Read more:

[Darth Vader]

The Gripen NG test aircraft is now flying with a SELEX Galileo Raven ES-05 AESA radar installed, following extensive testing with an earlier AESA prototype.
Raven ES-05 is a high performance Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) fire control radar designed for the Saab Gripen NG multi role fighter that builds on over 60 years of SELEX Galileo’s fire control radar experience. It has been designed in close collaboration with Saab and is a vital part of the Gripen next generation multi-functional sensor system.
The sensor suite includes active and passive sensors, integrated for central sensor command and sensor fusion. This will significantly increase the multirole capability and sensor performance against future threats and more complex scenarios.
The Raven ES-05 AESA radar features an innovative roll-repositionable AESA antenna to provide a full ±100º field of regard that improves the capability for maximum situational awareness and platform survivability. This allows the pilot to maintain the missile datalink and turn away whilst the scenario continues and the ES-05 acquires other targets and tasks.
The highly reliable AESA transmit-receive module technology incorporated in Raven ES-05 significantly improves system availability leading to reduced lifecycle costs. SELEX Galileo AESA Radars delivering greater performance and higher reliability than comparable mechanically scanned radars and offers all the advantages of multi-function AESA arrays with significant through life cost savings.
The Raven ES-05 Radar has been designed from the outset to meet worldwide fire control radar detection and target tracking needs combined into one efficient modular system. It builds on common modular units for a scaleable system architecture to meet the needs of fire control and intercept radar operational requirements whilst remaining resistant to radar countermeasures.
The AESA antenna is coupled to fully digital multi-channel exciter/receiver and processor Line Replaceable Units (LRUs). These provide a comprehensive mode suite which includes air-to-air, air-to-surface, interleaved and support functions which can be readily adapted or extended in software to meet future needs.
The radar makes use of AESA alert-confirm techniques to confirm targets on first detection. This combined with optimised AESA waveforms results in increased track initiation ranges, whilst simultaneously maintaining situational awareness. The instantaneous scanning ability of the AESA also provides a comprehensive suite of interleaved air and surface modes, thus providing the pilot with all round situational awareness.
At the core of the AESA radar design is the ability to tolerate individual item failure. Component failures in the array result in graceful performance degradation rather than complete system failure, delivering high operational availability when compared with conventional radar systems. Significant cost benefits over the life of the system are realised due to the high reliability, increased availability and reduced maintenance requirements.

 

[Safriz]

And here is the Picture...
Clicked by me..

 

[Safriz]

 

[Luftwaffe]

Why is the ES-05 AESA Radar not listed on Selix Galilio.

SELEX Galileo - Radar

 

[sancho]

Why is the ES-05 AESA Radar not listed on Selix Galilio.

SELEX Galileo - Radar

Possibly because of the Swedish backend, they have listed their Vixen 1000, just like the Captor radars and the mix of these will be the Captor E for the Eurofighter.

 

[Luftwaffe]

Possibly because of the Swedish backend, they have listed their Vixen 1000, just like the Captor radars and the mix of these will be the Captor E for the Eurofighter.

Even so if it is a Joint Product it should make it to the list of Selex Radars.

Have contacted Selex hopefully would get reply in days.

 

[Tshering22]

Guess the Swiss signed their Gripen NG contracts at the right time.

The NGs would start maturing by the time their parliament passes the bill in late 2013.

Who else is ordering Gripens after them again?

 

[rohailmalhi]

Guess the Swiss signed their Gripen NG contracts at the right time.

The NGs would start maturing by the time their parliament passes the bill in late 2013.

Who else is ordering Gripens after them again?

Its more likely Sweds are develooping this version of Gripen just with for Swiss . Swedish Airforforce might buy 20-25 new Gen figthers but mostly the new upgrades to Gripen are just for Swiss .

The upgrade program will cost approx 300-500 million Kronors to the program.

 

[sancho]

Guess the Swiss signed their Gripen NG contracts at the right time.

The NGs would start maturing by the time their parliament passes the bill in late 2013.

Who else is ordering Gripens after them again?

Not possible, because the Swiss will get the NG only by 2018, in the meantime they will lease some 2nd hand Swedish Gripen C/Ds. Till then all there is to mature, is the NG Tech Demonstrator, nothing else.

 

[Indus Falcon]

FINMECCANICA - SELEX ES AWARDED MULTI-MILLION EURO CONTRACT FROM SAAB FOR RAVEN AESA RADAR ON BOARD THE GRIPEN NEXT GENERATION (NG) FIGHTERS

Farnborough
16/07/2014

A multi - million contract has been awarded to Finmeccanica - Selex ES by defence and security company Saab to supply the Raven ES-05 AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radar for Saab’s Gripen Next Generation (NG) fighters.

A NATO-interoperable, multi-role fighter designed for the future network-centric warfare environment, Gripen NG will provide superior situation awareness thanks to a number of Finmeccanica – Selex ES products. In addition to the Raven ES AESA radar, the company will also provide the Skyward-G IRST (Infrared Search & Track) passive sensor and IFF (Identification Friend-or-Foe) system, both of which will be contracted for in the next few months.

Finmeccanica - Selex ES’s participation in the Gripen NG programme dates back to 2009, when an agreement was signed with Saab for the development of the Raven ES AESA radar. This was followed in 2010 by the selection of the Skyward-G IRST sensor and the IFF system.

A production-standard Raven AESA radar is now installed on Gripen demonstration aircraft, while flight tests with the Skyward G IRST have been underway since March, achieving excellent results and demonstrating the value of a passive sensor as an integral part of a weapons system. The IFF system will be delivered later in the year.

In a recent development, Finmeccanica – Selex ES’s new BriteCloud Expendable Active Decoy(EAD) has been chosen as an electronic warfare option for the Gripen NG and all other versions of the aircraft. Currently, the BriteCloud EAD is the only product of its type on the market and Saab will be the first partner to offer the new decoy, boosting the desirability of Gripen NG for new customers. Live BriteCloud trials on-board the platform are expected to take place by the end of 2014.

Currently, Gripen C/D versions are in service in Sweden, South Africa, Hungary, Czech Republic and Thailand. Gripen NG is in full scale development for Sweden and has been down-selected and in final negotiations for Brazil.

The capability and price of Gripen NG makes it a highly attractive proposition and there is growing interest world-wide. With retrofit opportunities on the Gripen C/D and new Gripen NG purchases, Finmeccanica – Selex ES expects to provide up to 200 sets of sensor equipment over the next 10 – 15 years.


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[pakdefender]

very beautiful aircraft