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ED released a pic 3+ years ago, which showed their progress on the implementation of the ground mapping radar:

 

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holy that looks cool. I didn't realize they were going for such a high-res image.

 

Man, when this jet is finished and they have a new version of FLIR and an A2G radar and a semi-realistic IFF (I'll be much older by then) it's really going to be a whole new ballgame.


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ED is busy releasing new modules ... don't disturb them with an uncompleted Hornet.
ED confirmed several time that new modules won't disturb the developement of the hornet. The engineers are still hard working to finish the hornet. Please note that not all engineers are working on the hornet, so it makes sense that they moved to other projects
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AG radar is one of prior systems of any fighter/attack aircraft, like our Hornet. But i don't know why we don't have it yet...I hope that will happen soon.
Actually I'm not so sure about that. Granted that is a primary system for air to sea operations and weapons employment, but I'm not so sure it is really used by the hornet for A2G in any recent war scenario. I think it is the TGP the primary system and by a wide margin.

 

For other platforms with high resolution SAR modes (AESA radars for example), like the F15E or the new JSF, this might be different, and much more used, but i'm quite skeptical about the capacities in this regard of fighters like the F16 or the F18, not becayse they dont have DBS modes and GMT, but just because the resolution at range is not good enough nor the precision, compared with last generation TGPs available. However this is just a feeling and i could be proved wrong by any SME.

 

 

 

 

 

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True and valid

 

(...) i'm quite skeptical about the capacities in this regard of fighters like the F16 or the F18, not becayse they dont have DBS modes and GMT, but just because the resolution at range is not good enough nor the precision, compared with last generation TGPs available.(..)

 

Image posted re-posted by QuiGon proves exactly this.

 

In my personal opinion, I think A/G radar will be the last feature we will see for Hornet from the long list of things yet to come.

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Indeed, Hornet pilots rarely use the A/G for anything other than employing Harpoons. But it can be useful, especially in GMT, since it can show you the location of moving units and then you can slave the TGP to it and get a better picture. Indeed though, I can definitely wait for it and IMO, the A/A radar modes are far more important.

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ED confirmed several time that new modules won't disturb the developement of the hornet. The engineers are still hard working to finish the hornet. Please note that not all engineers are working on the hornet, so it makes sense that they moved to other projects

Thats technically impossible...there is no way you can start-developing something if you have NOT finished the previous project ...:doh:

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What's this?

 

Thats technically impossible...there is no way you can start-developing something if you have NOT finished the previous project ...:doh:

 

 

Are you for real or just for fun?

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Thats technically impossible...there is no way you can start-developing something if you have NOT finished the previous project ...:doh:

Depends. I imagine that a 3D artist's job is finished after they develop the 3D model and so they can work on a new project, while the people working in avionics development catch up later. I won't pretend to know if something like the INS and the Datalink require very different sets of skills to develop, but it could be that they do and certain developers might be more efficient if working on certain types of systems and then do the same job for another project. I'm like that, for example. I'm a nuclear engineer and I can design a core to your specifications, give you its performance, expected experimental capabilities, you name it. But if you want to see what happens to a fuel pin in the event of a power surge, I'm totally useless. I do expect that the truth is somewhere in between and as long as good progress is made on the Hornet, I do not mind. Also, these jets have lots of similar systems and progress in one will likely assist the other.

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Thats technically impossible...there is no way you can start-developing something if you have NOT finished the previous project ...:doh:

 

IT Development Director here... You can have resources pivot from one project to another as their workload on "project 1" begins to slow and "project 2" begins to ramp up. It is feasible and happens in literally any company that has any sort of coding/development work taking place. Further, it is possible to HIRE additional staff to work on two different projects.

 

Such a silly comment.


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While I don't think the AG radar will be used to target weapons much (not that it won't but the pod will likely take precedence), I think its primary purpose (which is badly needed) is locating targets - especially moving targets. Using that to get a sense of the battlespace, and as a way to move the target pod or missile focus into place will be a final key block to the larger AG mission. It's in the jet for a reason.

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Actually I'm not so sure about that. Granted that is a primary system for air to sea operations and weapons employment, but I'm not so sure it is really used by the hornet for A2G in any recent war scenario. I think it is the TGP the primary system and by a wide margin.

 

For other platforms with high resolution SAR modes (AESA radars for example), like the F15E or the new JSF, this might be different, and much more used, but i'm quite skeptical about the capacities in this regard of fighters like the F16 or the F18, not becayse they dont have DBS modes and GMT, but just because the resolution at range is not good enough nor the precision, compared with last generation TGPs available. However this is just a feeling and i could be proved wrong by any SME.

 

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It really depends on what scenario you are talking about. And yes A/G ground radar was used in pretty much every "war" scenario that involved that thing called "weather". TPODS that see in the vis spectrum and in the IR spectrum very well. Of course older TPOD's were also much more limited in that regard than the TPOD's we see on the hornet, and in many ways its probably over-modeled in some regards. A/G radar has the benefit of being able to see through cloud cover and sand storms, which was a major factor in operation Allied Force, DS1, OIF and so forth. It is a very different tool than a TPOD however.

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But i don't know why we don't have it yet...I hope that will happen soon.

Because it's difficult and a lot of work to implement. And because EDs original engineer for that task left the company.

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Because it's difficult and a lot of work to implement. And because EDs original engineer for that task left the company.

 

They've known it will be a lot of work for many years.

 

I would have thought they would have started work on the A/G long ago in order to have it available for EA of the F-18. It's not like the F-18 hasn't been in their plans for 4-5 years.

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They've known it will be a lot of work for many years.

 

I would have thought they would have started work on the A/G long ago in order to have it available for EA of the F-18. It's not like the F-18 hasn't been in their plans for 4-5 years.

Well they have. Have you seen the screenshot I posted on the first page of this thread? It shows their progress back in 2015: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2386306&postcount=1


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Well they have. Have you seen the screenshot I posted on the first page of this thread? It shows their progress back in 2015: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2386306&postcount=1

 

That's hardly reassuring QuiGon now is it? Kinda speaks to lack of effort over time I was indicating. :music_whistling:

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