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This category is a place to discuss the Strike Eagle's extensive array of electronical gadgets designed to help her fly, navigate and find her prey.



Sniper XR Pod PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Sabc   

It is safe to say that the AN/AAQ-33 Sniper XR (manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corporation) is the most advanced targeting pod in service in the world today. Based on its predecessor, the LANTIRN targeting pod, it is far superior in range (3-5 times the range of LANTIRN), resolution, stability and in many other parameters. The first time ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 25 April 2010
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IFF System PDF Print E-mail
Written by Antonio Ramírez Jiménez & Sabc   

The IFF acronym is derived from the words Identification, Friend or Foe (also nicknamed "Reply or Die"). Modern day IFF systems are basically Question/Answer systems. An interrogator system sends out a coded radio signal that asks any number of queries, including: Who are you? The Interrogator system is frequently associated with a ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 March 2010
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LANTIRN Pods PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Sabc   

LANTIRN stands for Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night. This system consists of two pods hung under the air intakes – the AN/AAQ-13 navigation pod under the right intake and the AN/AAQ-14 targeting pod under the left intake. Since LANTIRN pods are in use with other platforms (A-10, F-16) where they have other hanging points ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 25 April 2010
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Radar System PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Sabc   

The heart of the F-15E's electronics suite is the AN/APG-70 radar developed by Hughes Aircraft Co. F-15C models have AN/APG-63, AN/APG-63(v1) and AN/APG-63(v2) (this latter being an ultramodern AESA type radar). The AN/APG-70 is a highly reliable pulse doppler I/J band (8-20 GHz) multi-mode radar with improved maintenance features. It has ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 March 2010
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