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The RBE2 (Radar à Balayage Electronique 2 plans) is a multirole radar developed during the 1990s for the Dassault Rafale, a French combat aircraft. The original RBE2 is a passive electronically scanned array. This has since been developed into the RBE2-AA, an active electronically scanned array.
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Development
Development of the RBE2 began in 1989 as a joint project between Thomson-CSF's RCM division and Dassault Electronique which merged in 1998 to form Thomson-CSF Detexis.[1] Development was continued by Thomson-CSF's successor company, Thales Group.[2]
The RBE2 is a passive electronically scanned array (PESA), an electronically scanned radar with a single transmitter. Flight trials of the RBE2 began in 1992 and the first production radar was delivered in May 1997.[3][4]
In April 2002, the French defence procurement agency, Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (DGA), awarded Thales Group a contract to develop an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar demonstrator based on the RBE2 radar. The resulting RBE2-AA (active array) variant has been tested on a Mirage 2000 testbed aircraft from the Flight Test Center of the DGA and then on a Rafale. While the first tests were made with US-made transmitter-receivers, the current radar features parts manufactured by Thales. The radar uses about 838 GaAs T/R modules.
In July 2004, DGA awarded a 90 million-euro contract for the development of a second a AESA radar demonstrator. Production of the RBE2-AA commenced in 2008 and entered service in 2013.[5][6]
See also
- Optronique secteur frontal (OSF)
- Euroradar CAPTOR
References
- Osborn, Graeme (June 9, 1999). RBE2 Radar Gets Ahead. Flight International.
- (June, 2002) Europe targets cockpits, sensors. Aerospace America.
- Streetly, Martin (September 1992). "Rafale radar begins flight trials". Microwave Journal. 35: 49.
- "Premier Radar Serie Du Rafale". Sud Ouest (in French). 6 May 1997.
- (November 4, 2008). Flying the flag for Rafale. Flight International.
- Lake, Jon. "Latest Standard Rafale Gains Clearance; First Indian Aircraft Flies". Aviation International News. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
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Le radar RBE2 (Radar à Balayage Électronique 2 plans) est un radar multifonction en bande X[1] développé en France à partir des années 1990. Fruit d'une collaboration entre Thomson-CSF et Dassault Électronique (devenus Thales), il équipe exclusivement l'avion de combat français Dassault Rafale.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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