Monday, January 12, 2015

Ka 52 Alligator Attack Helicopter. Will AESA radar give it an advantage?



I hope you watched this vid till the part where they started talking about its avionics.  The closest analogy to this is the long dead Sea Apache concept which was rejected.

Question.  How much of an advantage will an AESA radar in this attack helicopter give it in a fight against the AH-1Z and AH-64E?  Before you answer consider that these helicopters were originally designed with an anti-helicopter mission in mind.

Has anyone considered that we've fallen behind in the attack helicopter race?

Sidenote:  Notice the simple yet elegant solution for forward firing that is displayed here?  Why can't a similar solution be used for the MV-22?

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