Raytheon Highlights Importance Of Radar/Missile Combination
Raytheon says matching radars’ capabilities to those of missiles is crucial.  Pictured: AMRAAM AIM-120 and AIM-9X on Singaporean F-15.
Raytheon says matching radars’ capabilities to those of missiles is crucial. Pictured: AMRAAM AIM-120 and AIM-9X on Singaporean F-15.

One of the messages that Raytheon has brought to Singapore is that the evolving technological capabilities of both air-to-air missiles and fighter radar must proceed hand-in-hand if an operator is to take full advantage of new performance gains. As radar-guided weapons increase in effective range capability, so better radars are required with sufficient performance to match that of the weapon. Looked at from the other side, as the fighter world turns increasingly to active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars, so longer-range weapons are needed to harness the new capabilities of the sensors.

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