For those who are talking about Vixen 500E
Vixen 500E
Active Electronically Scanned Fire Control Radar.
We have stood at the forefront of the airborne radar market
since the 1950s when the AI23 radar became the world’s
first high power monopulse radar to enter squadron service.
To maintain our leading position in the market, we have
been developing Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA)
technology since the early 1990s.
Vixen 500E is a compact, lightweight, AESA radar for Fighter
and Lead-In Fighter Trainer aircraft. Building on over 50
years of fire control radar experience, Vixen 500E delivers
greater performance and higher reliability than comparable
mechanically scanned radars.
EASE OF INSTALLATION
Vixen 500E comprises three main Line Replaceable Units
(LRUs), easing installation and reducing the system volume.
Vixen 500E does not require any interconnecting waveguides,
therefore making the radar installation a quick and simple
procedure.
OBSOLESCENCE PROTECTION
The impact of future obsolescence arising is minimised by
the use of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf based processor cards
with an open and expandable architecture and a software
abstraction layer. This design enables hardware to be replaced
without significantly impacting the radar software.
CAPABILITY
Vixen 500E’s highly flexible Direct Digital Synthesis generated
pulse compression waveforms support optimised performance
in all modes of operation. Vixen 500E has been designed
to meet the full spectrum of fire control radar operational
requirements, detecting, identifying, prioritising and engaging
targets, whilst remaining resistant to radar countermeasures.
Key Feat ures
• Low cost ownership
• Superior performance
• Superior reliability
• Software driven
• Easy to install
• Easy to use
• Mode interleaving
• No waveguides
• Electronic Beam Steering
• Beyond visual range weapons compatibility.
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RELIABILITY
The Vixen 500E radar minimises the impact of transmitter and
receiver failure by using many solid state Transmit/ Receive
Modules within the fixed array. As a result, component failures
within the array display graceful performance degradation
rather than complete system failure, delivering high operational
availability when compared with conventional, mechanically scanned radar systems.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Frequency
X band
Scan Coverage
> ± 60°
Scan Velocity
Instant beam switching
MTBcF
> 1000hrs
Modes Available
Air-to-Air Modes Track while scan Single target track
Air Combat Modes HUD search
Vertical scan
Slewable scan
Boresight
Air-to-Surface modes Real beam ground map
Sea Surface Search and Track
Synthetic Aperture Radar mapping
(standard and high resolution)
Ground Moving Target Indicator
Beacon interrogation
Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging Freeze
Mode
Interleaved Modes A number of situational awareness modes
Key Parameters
Track While Scan > 10 Targets
SAR Resolution < 3 m
Track Formation Range (look down) > 25 nm
Track Formation Range (look up) > 35 nm
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