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ORAC
Air cooled and, using GaN, should have the same detection range as those currently fitted into the F-15/F-18…..
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Thank you, ORAC. An interesting article indeed. Most of the mech ‘relatively’ modern mech scan radars in the smaller fighters are able to form tracks at circa 40nm, so this comes as no surprise that.