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חיל האוויר צפוי לקבל מטוס איתם ראשון בחודש הבא
לפי Defensenews חיל האוויר צפוי לקבל את מטוס ההתראה המוקדמת הראשון שמבוסס על מערכת פלקון דור3 ומטוס גאלפסטרים G550.
עוד משהו מעניין שכתוב שם הוא שסינגפור רכשה 4 מטוסים כאלו, האם מדובר גם במטוסי גאלפסטרים והאם מדברים פה רק על מטוסי איתם שיחליפו כמו בחיל האוויר הישראלי את מטוסי ה- הוקאיי או שמדובר גם במטוסי נחשון ?
ושאלה קטנה, במה שונה האיתם מהנחשון מכ"מ מול מודיעים אותות?), והאם במטוסים שרכשו ההודים יש שילוב של שתי המערכות, ובצה"ל חילקו אותן בין שתי מטוסים בגלל מגבלות של גודל ?
(http://www.defensenews.com/story.ph...59962&C=mideast)
ציטוט:
Israel Air Force to Receive New AEW Plane
BY BARBARA OPALL-ROME
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TEL AVIV, Israel — The long arm of the Israel Air Force is about to get substantially longer with next month’s planned delivery of the first of three Eitam aircraft, the nation’s newest airborne early warning (AEW) system.
Developed by Elta Systems and housed on a Gulfstream G550 business jet, the long-range intelligence, target tracking and operational control system will generate detailed aerial pictures deep inside enemy territory while warning attack formations of approaching threats
Defense and industry sources say Elta has completed integration and validation of its EL/W-2085 AEW system on the G550 platform and is now conducting final flight tests prior to next month’s planned transfer to IAF users
“The plane we are about to induct … will significantly enhance IAF capabilities over a broad range of mission areas,” the IAF confirmed in an April 7 statement. “We are proud to be inducting this aircraft based on the indigenous technologies of the Israeli defense industry.”
The Eitam replaces E-2C aircraft retired in the 1990s and will join the IAF’s new fleet of Gulfstream-based signals intelligence planes, operated by the service’s 122 Nachshon special mission squadron
In a Feb. 4 interview, Elta Marketing Director Igo Licht confirmed that the company had completed integration “in record time” and would soon be ready to deliver the first Eitam to its flagship customer. He noted that Elta began integration work on the Eitam shortly after the arrival of the Gulfstream aircraft here in late September 2006
Although Elta has installed versions of its third-generation Phalcon system on larger platforms like the Ilyushin Il-76 selected by the Indian air force, defense and industry sources said this is the first time such a complex, high-performance AEW suite has been integrated on such a compact airframe
The Elta executive declined to discuss other customers for the G550-based system. However, Singapore’s Ministry of Defence announced last May its intention to replace E-2C aircraft with four of the advanced AEW systems. First deliveries of the Israeli system are planned for later this year, and initial operational capability with the Republic of Singapore Air Force is expected by 2010
“It was a tremendous engineering challenge to package such a high-end, multisensor, two-radar system into such a small, cost-effective platform,” Licht said. “It’s a significant milestone, since it proves you don’t need those large, expensive, high-maintenance wide-body platforms to host these frontline systems
He noted that Eitam would be “fully connected into the existing network of surrounding systems,” and offers a long-range detection capability exceeding
several hundred kilometers
IAI performance data released upon receipt of the modified Gulfstream aircraft in September 2006 said the Eitam will feature two radar systems, each of which will operate simultaneously in different frequency bands. Mounted on the aircraft’s fuselage, the system’s conformal phased array antennas can be pointed in any direction at any time, providing 360-degree coverage over exceedingly long areas
According to IAI, the system uses “a unique fusion technique” that continuously cross-correlates data generated by radar, friend-or-foe identifiers, electronic signals collection and communication signals collection systems. Moreover, data collected by any of the four sensing systems automatically triggers an active search by other sensors for reliable identification and verification of targets
Due to its long-range detection capabilities, the IAF should be able to operate Eitam on most missions from the safety of its own airspace, without having to venture into enemy territory. The aircraft is designed to remain airborne for more than 10 hours at relatively safe altitudes exceeding 40,000 feet.
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