Active Electronically-steered Array Surveillance Radar: Indian Value Addition (Review Paper)

S. Christopher

doi:10.14429/dsj.60.338

S. Christopher Centre for Air Borne Systems, Bangalore

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.60.338

Keywords: Air-to-air surveillance, air-to-surface surveillance, radar, EW, mechanically steered array, active electronically steered array, AEW, airborne early warning and control, AWACS, AEW&C

Abstract

The advent of active electronically steered arrays (AESA) marked the most important development in radar technology. With exceptional reliability, superior performance, and unprecedented beam-steering agility, this technology has drastically changed many aspects of airborne surveillance, and thereby the tactics of air warfare. The optimal configuration for the AESA antenna is still evolving towards exploitation of the radar's total potential in the airborne surveillance application. The paper briefly enumerates the efforts being made in this direction globally and elaborates the Indian line of approach for its current and future AEW&C systems.

Defence Science Journal, 2010, 60(2), pp.184-188, DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/dsj.60.338

Author Biography

S. Christopher, Centre for Air Borne Systems, Bangalore

He is Director, Centre for Air Borne Systems, Bangalore. He developed the slotted array technology, systematically from basics- a technology which only a few countries in the world have. He also served as the Project Manager of ASP and
Project Director of LCA-MMR, MBA, ALH Radar, and various resource generation projects.