Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning and F-22 'Raptor' : News & Discussion

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Does Rafale carry VHF/UHF antennas? For F3R I believe it's still 1-18 GHz on receive and 5.5/6-18 GHz on transmit.

Later model was supposed to get 0.5-40 GHz on receive, unknown on transmit. But an NGAD-equivalent Rafale's gonna have to match the entire spectrum on transmit.

Anyway if Trump's massive increase of the defense budget goes through, he will clear the TE version and they will get all the F-35s they want.

You are under estimating Rafale

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Feb 12, 2023

The Rafale can't rely on itself to fight the F-35 though. It requires multiship, multistatic capabilities. If it's purely about single radar performance, then the MKI's new radar will have a 2-2.5 times advantage over the Rafale's radar. And it's still not enough because you have underestimated the F-35's RCS in your calculations.

GaN's other qualities are more important to deal with stealth targets. Like SNR and SNDR. And pulse compression is just software and processing, it will be taken care of in time. And the GaN's higher bias voltage resulting in a much higher bandwidth is also...

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You are under estimating Rafale

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Feb 12, 2023

The Rafale can't rely on itself to fight the F-35 though. It requires multiship, multistatic capabilities. If it's purely about single radar performance, then the MKI's new radar will have a 2-2.5 times advantage over the Rafale's radar. And it's still not enough because you have underestimated the F-35's RCS in your calculations.

GaN's other qualities are more important to deal with stealth targets. Like SNR and SNDR. And pulse compression is just software and processing, it will be taken care of in time. And the GaN's higher bias voltage resulting in a much higher bandwidth is also...

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It just says low and high bands, without mentioning the frequencies. We can provide benefit of the doubt though. The antennas will be visible.

Anyway, why do you think the F-35 needs to be two-seat?

 

[Picdelamirand-oil]

It just says low and high bands, without mentioning the frequencies. We can provide benefit of the doubt though. The antennas will be visible.

Anyway, why do you think the F-35 needs to be two-seat?

The standard bands in France back in 1977 were 0.6 - 18 Gz. There have been two increases in the high bands: the first to 40 Gz and the second to 300 Gz. An improvement in the low bands is also being planned, but I don't know its characteristics. I think that the ISEs and the F4 standard have implemented the improvement in low bands and the first increase in high bands, and that the F5 standard will implement the second increase in high bands.

With a two-seater aircraft, the pilot is responsible for aerial combat and the survival of the aircraft and the co-pilot manages and gives orders to the CCAs according to the situation presented to him by the AI and the mission he has to accomplish.

 

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With a two-seater aircraft, the pilot is responsible for aerial combat and the survival of the aircraft and the co-pilot manages and gives orders to the CCAs according to the situation presented to him by the AI and the mission he has to accomplish.

Aren't the Americans planning to achieve that with just one seat?

They plan to start with just 2 CCAs per jet and progressively increase that as the drones become more autonomous.

They probably plan to use the B-21 with 2 pilots and more CCAs.