U.S. Army Eyes AESA Sensor For Rotorcraft Fleet

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The mast-mounted AN/APG-78 radar lacks the range to match the maximum distance of the Rafael-Lockheed Spike Non-Line-of-Sight missile.

Credit: U.S. Army
The U.S. Army will evaluate a new kind of sensor next year on the Boeing AH-64E Apache, but its pilotage and targeting capabilities could be adopted across the service’s rotorcraft fleet. Facing increasingly lethal threats to slower and less stealthy aircraft over battlefields, Army leaders are...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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