Chinese Radar Developments - KLJ series and others
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AESA for civilian use.
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MIMO radar is AESA radar utilizing MIMO to improve spatial (angular and distance) resolution by exploiting multipath phenomenon. It makes the radar to pin point the target more precisely in the field of view.
It does not improve the detection range (total emitting power and beam width) or field of view (scanning angles). Therefor it does not reduce size for the same performances of the two.
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MIMO radar isn't fundamantally different from non MIMO counterpart, but an improvement. To be precise, it should be called MIMO mode of AESA radar. The difference is that in MIMO mode the radar sends out multiple beams instead of one main beam. Non MIMO mode sends out one beam and receives multiple returns due to multipath phenomenon which is always there. In essense non MIMO mode is MISO (multi in single out). MIMO furthers the idea by sending multiple beams out, drastically increases the multipath. The drawback of MIMO mode is that since the total output power is distributed among all out going beams, each beam will have a shorter detection range. So a radar would MISO to first find the target, then after getting closer use MIMO to pin point the target.
It is not a new architecture, mostly software improvement with the necessary hardware upgrade for computational power and filters of othogonal signals.
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I think you misunderstood my question. I was asking whether MIMO radar will be lighter than "traditional" AESA for the same size and performance, not whether it can be smaller for the same performance.
Ok, the answer is that it won't be lighter.
For AESA radar smaller means ligher and vise versa because the hardware difference between the two is ignorable if there is any difference.
In action in Saudi Arabia.
That Quoran is an Indian, I wouldn't bother reading his answer.
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Ironically I bet there would be a huge market for this with US militia groups and doomsday preppers.AESA for civilian use.
His answer (just glancing through it) seems reasonable.
First of all, no comments were really made about J-20 or J-10C (PLAAF's) radars. He used public information for the two smaller export AESA's designed for JF-17 block 3, a much less capable radar than J-10C's in service with PLAAF. To say nothing of the J-20's which would be more capable than J-10C's radar.
He also talks about F-16V (block 70). Not any "old" F-16. This is literally the latest and most modern F-16 version with a very modern AESA radar.
So no, he doesn't claim that Chinese radar are weaker than old F-16 radar. He claims that the two weakest, smallest, least powerful, export AESA radars that China itself doesn't use in PLAAF fighters, are weaker (according to publicly available information) than the latest and greatest F-16V's new AESA radar.
None of this would be surprising. The F-16 has a larger radome than the JF-17. The F-16 has a much more powerful engine than the JF-17. It has more room for auxiliary power units and probably other advantages over JF-17.
Basically the answer compares the latest JF-17's radars (options from 2018) to the latest F-16V which wasn't even in service anywhere in 2018.