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Making this kind of statements need proper links attached with it. A link which confirms Pakistani Saab has 192 T/R modules?
Once Again, Who says Pakistani Erieye is restricted to 240 degrees?
A satcom in Pakistani Awac is not needed based on the requirments. So that's why it didnt have and do enlighten us how come not having satcom will degrade the performance of Pak Saab?
Erieye AEW&C Airborne Early Warning & Control mission system radar (Sweden), Airborne radar systems
Type
Airborne Early Warning (AEW) radar.
Description
The Erieye AEW&C mission system radar is an active, phased-array, pulse-Doppler sensor that can feed an onboard operator architecture or downlink data (via an associated datalink subsystem) to a ground-based air defence network. The system employs a large aperture, dual-sided antenna array housed in a dorsal 'plank' fairing. The antenna is fixed, and the beam is electronically scanned, which provides for improved detection and significantly enhanced tracking performance compared with radar-dome antenna systems.Erieye detects and tracks air and sea targets out to the horizon (and beyond due to anomalous propagation) - instrumented range has been measured at 450 km. Typical detection range against fighter-sized targets is approximately 350 km, in a 150° broadside sector, both sides of the aircraft. Outside these sectors, performance is reduced in forward and aft directions.Other system features include:Adaptive waveform generation (including digital, phase-coded pulse compression), signal processing and target trackingTrack While Scan (TWS)Low sidelobe values (throughout the system's angular coverage)Low- and medium-pulse repetition frequency operating modesFrequency agilityAir-to-air and sea surveillance modesTarget radar cross-section displayThe radar operates as a medium- to high-PRF pulse-Doppler, solid-state radar, in E/F-band (3 GHz), incorporating 192 two-way transmit/receive modules that combine to produce a pencil beam, steered as required within the operating 150° sector each side of the aircraft (one side at a time). It is understood that Erieye has some ability to detect aircraft in the 30° sectors fore and aft of the aircraft heading, but has no track capability in this sector. The aircraft could be manoeuvred to permit tracking of targets in these sectors.
The electronically scanned antenna is controlled by an automatic intelligent energy management system, developed to utilise the phased-array technology implemented, pulse-by-pulse, to illuminate any desired azimuth. The ability instantaneously to direct the radar energy in any wanted direction is used by the operator to optimise power management for any particular scenario by assigning priorities to areas of interest, thus optimising probabilities of detection and overall system performance.
http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Avionics/Erieye-AEW-C-Airborne-Early-Warning--Control-mission-system-radar-Sweden.html
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