JF-17 Block III's proposed AESA Radar KLJ-7A

[Tempest II]

If PAF select this KLJ-7A Radar for Block III of JF-17 will they also equip Block II's with it??

With 20-25 years of life left in the Block 1s, the radars will be upgraded. that is a certainty in my view. give it 5 years. they will give Block 1s substantial upgrades.

 

[Tempest II]

KLJ7A is considered as a milestone achievement of Chinese tech on AESA fire control radars: at a size of 600mm and a distance of detection over 170 km. With this capacity it could find Su-30MKI (RCS >15sq m) over 200kms and shoot PL15 BVR missiles.

The guy doing the interview hinted that the J-20 is even better - as to be expected.

 

[The Eagle]

https://twitter.com/x/status/794171908103094275

 

[khanasifm]

You do not need every fighter with AESA even USAF initially had F15s with mix radar sets and perhaps even now, F18 fleet is mix A/B and C/Ds, Just because AESA is here does not mean just AESA radar is everything

first 100 JF-17 block 1/2 can stay with KLJ-7 and renaming block 3/4 with aesa. Though it did stated somewhere that KLJ-7A is evolution and there may be an upgrade kit developed which may be cheaper option than buying out right new and replacing older block1/2

Finally this is just an option no one know what the final section is , do we ?

 

[Erroroverload]

In our day, the band drum rolled, and then Tariq Aziz said, yeh cooler app ka hua!

You are forgetting Dildar pervaiz bhatti when he use to say " kyo da teen" in his tv show.

 

[Tank131]

Again, if this is a copy/derived from ELM 2052, it will be a superb radar. The question will be, whatother systems China will have available to JF-17 as to improve its survivability in the ew theatre and to improve its lethality? Can it offer a world class ISRT or EW/ECM/ECCM suits. Selex can, and I believe that China could but we will have to wait and see.

 

[IHK_PK]

Hi,

There is a good chance that it is already being tested.

Thanks khan g..... I hope so. let's wait and see when the news comes out regarding its successful integration.

 

[Tempest II]

They have even kept the cropped sides:

 

[randomradio]

If the Indians do not have the same capability, then Pakistan will have a noticeable edge. But if the Indians have AESA, then Pakistan would be foolish for going PESA. You either be superior or match.

Our multirole platforms will have AESA and air superiority/dominance platforms will skip to DESA.

 

[ghazi768]

They have even kept the cropped sides:

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So are you saying that behind the cover is actually a slotted antenna

I think you need to have at-least 5 or 8 TRs in a line to shift phase for horizontal or verticaly, anything below is useless.

 

[Tempest II]

So are you saying that behind the cover is actually a slotted antenna

 

[Dazzler]

some new images...

 

[Hell hound]

DESA.

what is that

 

[randomradio]

what is that

Digital ESA, the next upgrade after Active ESA.

It is as big or bigger than the jump from PESA to AESA.

 

[Hell hound]

Digital ESA, the next upgrade after Active ESA.

It is as big or bigger than the jump from PESA to AESA.

can you provide bit more info or link to an article about it