Thursday, April 08, 2010

Search and Destroy

Our F-15s are being upgraded:

The USAF is discussing a retrofit set that would turn the F-15Cs into multi-role fighters; an AESA radar will be part of that, and the program to equip select F-15C units with AESA radars as an air-air improvement continues. They will now be joined by the USAF’s entire 2-seat, multi-role F-15E Strike Eagle fleet, whose future AESA radar just received some improvements, and a new designation.

F-22s and F-35s are also standard-equipped with AESA.

AESA is more than a radar. How much more? Don't know. It will be interesting to find out.