Originally posted by Viper52:
The Phalcon radar is NOT incorporated into an overhead dish like the Hawkeye. The following links have photos of a 707 fitted with the system, and more info
http://www.iai.co.il/iai/dows/serve/item/english/1.1.4.2.9.8.htmlhttp://www.elta-iai.com/site/catalog/AEWsys_2.aspIt seems like an extremely capable system, and would most certainly enhance our AEW capabilities to an unimaginable level. In short...BLOODY IMPRESSIVE
My apologies. What I referred to should have been a fixed rotodome rather than a rotating one.
In the RAAF AIR 5077 (Wedgetail) bid,
Raytheon used an Airbus A310-300 with Phalcon-Radar of the IAI-daughter Elta in its Wedgetail tender. It works with electronic scanned array, but it is housed in a (fixed) rotodome. The aerials form a triangle, the top of which points to the back in order to achieve a good 360*cover. The mission system uses DEC Alpha Computers. Patrol time is said to be over eight hours. With a take off weight of 164,000kg the A310 is one of the large AWACS platforms. Ericsson proves that a smaller carrier aircraft can be used with its Erieye-System, which in the case of the Swedish Flygvapnet makes do with a Saab 340.
Source:
http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRheft/FRH0004/FR0004b.htm