Grifo-E on Target to Hit Key Development Milestones
Having prduced several m-scan radars in its Grifo range for light fighters and attack aircraft, Leonardo is now developing an e-scan derivative
Grifo E is compact enough to be applicable to a range of light fighter/attack types. (photo: Leonardo)
Grifo E is compact enough to be applicable to a range of light fighter/attack types. (photo: Leonardo)

Leonardo expects to roll out the first prototype of the new electronically-scanned (e-scan) version of its Grifo fire control radar by mid-2019, targeting a maiden flight of the sensor by the end of the same year. Launched in July 2018, the Grifo-E is derived from the company’s mechanically-scanned (m-scan) family of Grifo radars developed at its Nerviano, Italy, facility, and is a gallium nitride (GaN), liquid-cooled, eight-channel receiver active electronically-scanned array radar.  


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