{"id":15410,"date":"2023-05-20T00:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T21:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=15410"},"modified":"2023-05-20T00:03:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T21:03:06","slug":"raytheon-upgrading-south-korean-fa-50-jets-with-phantomstrike-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/raytheon-upgrading-south-korean-fa-50-jets-with-phantomstrike-radar\/","title":{"rendered":"Raytheon upgrading South Korean FA-50 jets with PhantomStrike radar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

U.S. defense firm Raytheon Technologies will upgrade South Korean company Korea Aerospace Industries’ FA-50 Light Combat Aircraft with the advanced PhantomStrike radar. The initial deliveries of the radar are expected in 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raytheon’s PhantomStrike is a fire-control radar that provides “long-range threat detection, tracking, and targeting”, the company statement highlighted. PhantomStrike radar was approved for export as a Direct Commercial Sales product to South Korean KAI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Annabel Flores, president of Global Spectrum Dominance at Raytheon Technologies, “Outfitting the FA-50 with the PhantomStrike radar upgrades the capability of a critical aircraft, providing unparalleled performance in a compact, affordable package… All while keeping these jets fast, agile, and easy to maintain.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flores further added that “Threats on the battlefield always evolve, and PhantomStrike makes it possible for KAI to offer high-performance fire control radar capabilities that can integrate with U.S. and international weapon systems, so FA-50 customers maintain air dominance.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Raytheon Technologies statement highlighted that PhantomStrike combines two specialties of the company, “a gallium nitride-powered array and the compact high-reliability integrated receiver\/exciter processor, or CHIRP, to match the capability of modern AESA radars”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Raytheon Intelligence & Space\u2019s PhantomStrike radar integrated onto a light-attack aircraft. (Image Credit: Raytheon Technologies)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The upgrades of the radar provide capabilities including digital beam forming and steering, multimode functionality, and interleaved ground and air targeting, the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhantomStrike is a first-of-its-kind, compact Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar that is smaller, lighter, and requires less power. It delivers the heavyweight performance needed for superior battlespace situational awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The radar is designed for a wide range of platforms including light-attack aircraft, rotary-wing aircraft, uncrewed aerial vehicles, and ground-based towers. PhantomStrike’s open mission systems architecture design allows the radar to be easily upgraded, eliminating the need for maintenance and ensuring its enduring battlespace relevance for years to come. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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