BAE Begins E-Scan Radar Test Flights

Tony Osborne July 14, 2016
FARNBOROUGH—BAE Systems has begun flight tests of a Eurofighter Typhoon fitted with the Captor-E active electronically-scanned array (AESA), or so-called “e-scan” radar. The flight trials, the first of which took place July 8, come almost two years after Instrumented Production Aircraft 5 (IPA5)...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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