Could someone tell me briefly about an aesa radar and it's characteristics ... And its advantages ...
In Summary , traditional radars move internally to scan a particular area , and they send rays out and received the bounced back data. That data is received and then processed to give displays inside plane
AESA radars are a collection of mini radars that do their own individual task of sending out a ray beam to scan the skies and receive data.
None-AESA radars do have some mechanical gadget which also moves the radar in particular directions to give it more scope so it can capture data correctly or effective but even so if you are tracking multiple targets the large piece is constantly moving so it can capture all the data
AESA radars , are collection of these mini (units) that send out waves , they can better track the movement of multiple targets moving in different directions and different locates , and also they can do the job of target association so a missile can be a launched properly to a destined enemy Target.
None Technical Explanation:
Imagine you had a school , 1 Teacher and 100 students they wanted to map the sky and then count the stars they see
Scenario 1 : Teacher would map along and students would do nothing , it would take far longer to map the sky
Then he would spend more time to count the starts in large image
Scenario 2 : Teacher and 100 students all take pen / pencil they map small area in sky , then they all put their pieces
Together to see the big picture , then each student & teacher can count their own stars in their small
section and the sum can be easily calculated
AESA is more less consider as a collection of small tiny radars
Countries that specialize in Nano technology and , who have mastered the art of electronics and chip/ computer hardware are in better position to construct an AESA radar as they have the necessary tools to construct a collection of miniture radars
