I had hoped someone with more knowledge and insight would try to count the pixels. To get the conversation going, I have had a go and hopefully someone with more experience will refine. At the moment I am coming with about 729 modules from the CCTV video of mid November 2017. What is wrong with...
Can you quote the frequencies of wavelength for the various systems coz what I am finding suggests the are all (Russian and European) in the 3-5 and 8-12 range?
https://defenseissues.net/2015/06/16/airborne-irst-properties-and-performance/
How much smaller is the JF nose area vs the Gripen ?
I think it they really wanted an irst they could drastically redesigned the front section. They have made a few changes in the B version and they could have added space for IRST.
Consider the change in radome size between the...
The aselsan link you provided says, "Air-to-Air and Air-to-Ground Modes". It also says, "High Resolution, 3rd generation FLIR"
IRST is a generalized case of forward looking infrared (FLIR)
In fact here the Aselpod if tracking an aircraft
What kind of turn around? Rearming and refuelling? ... .... 45 minutes? ... ... Seems too long. I have heard of 7 minutes.
Less than 10 minutes for the Gripen in this documentary:
http://acgmag.com/forums/showpost.php?s=5afe0cb7f1dea00c989f64677bf7158e&p=1671363&postcount=11...
You have to be monitoring many parameters on the functions of the radar so you have several engineers plugged in and watching. The transports offer such a platform