Latest-tech E-scan radar to fly on Typhoon in 2013
A prototype of the very latest type of active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar will be flying on a Eurofighter Typhoon in 2013, so that customers

A prototype of the very latest type of active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar will be flying on a Eurofighter Typhoon in 2013, so that customers can take delivery in 2015. The Captor-E will feature an innovative “re-positioner” with two rotating joints so that the array can cover a wide field of regard (WFoR). The Eurofighter and Euroradar industrial consortiums are “pre-funding” the development, but hope to secure financial support from the four partner nations beginning next March.

Eurofighter has been at a disadvantage in recent export campaigns because the partner nations were in no hurry to embrace AESA technology. In particular, the Indian air force has specified that the contenders for its 12-aircraft requirement be so equipped.