General

Airborne Early Warning System

EARLY WARNING& CONTROL

Unique Integration of Sensors: The PHALCON’s four sensors are : Radar, IFF, ESM/ELINT and CSM/COMINT.A unique fusion technique continuously cross-correlates data generated by all sensors: this data is combined with anautomatically initiated active search by one sensor for specific targets detected by other sensors.Radar: A radar with conformal phased array antennas for simultaneous coverage and instantaneous focus onselected targets. The PHALCON advanced radar has several conformal phased array antennas. They are mountedon the fuselage of the aircraft and can provide up to full 360° coverage.

in these selected areas is much higher.Surveillance can be limited to the battle zone and other areas of interest. The scan rateSelectable surveillance:

Optimized detection and tracking: A special mode for maneuvering and high value targets employs a high scanrate and beam shapes optimized for each target to ensure tracking performance.

Verification beams sent at specific, individual, newly detected targetsFast track initiation and no false alarms:Track initiation is achieved in 2 to 4 seconds.eliminate false alarms.

By transmitting extra long sectors, an extended detection range is achieved.Extended detection range: dwells in selected

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A New Generation AEW Platform: The long-range, high performance, multi-sensor PHALCON AEW introduces anew level of performance to airborne early warning, tactical surveillance of airborne and surface targets, and thegathering of signal intelligence.

Each element is controlled in phase and amplitude. The system continues its operation even if some of the unitsThe system uses distributed, solid state transmitting and receiving elements.High Fault Tolerance and Redundancy:

are faulty.

Advantages:

provides the following advanced capabilities:

Radar beams can be pointed at any direction in space at any time, with the beam’s parameters fullycontrolled by the radar computer. The radar employs a flexible time-space energy management technique which

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IFF

The PHALCON IFF system implements interrogation, decoding,target detection and tracking using the standard modes. Azimuthmeasurement is carried out by monopulse processing.

Advanced IFF employing solid state phase arraytechnology.

The IFF antennas are incorporated in the primary radar arrayand are coordinated with the array to avoid mutual interference.Similar antenna elements and transmit/receive modules areused for both the radar and the IFF.

The PHALCON’s advanced ESM/ELINT system is fully integra-ted with the radar and other sensors, serving as one of the mostimportant elements of the identification process.

Electronic Intelligence

It is designed to operate in very dense signal envi-ronments, providing simultaneous 360° coverage.The system uses narrow-band and wide-band receivers toprovide very high sensitivity and high probability of interceptionof airborne and surface emitters.High bearing accuracy for all received signals is achievedthrough Differential Time of Arrival (DTOA) measurements.The system also collects and analyzes ELINT data.

Communication IntelligenceTuned in to airborne, ground and shipbornetransmissions.The PHALCON’s CSM/COMINT receives in UHF, VHF and HF,rapidly searching for airborne, shipborne or ground communi-cations signals of interest. Selected radio nets can be monitoredfor signal activity. A DF capability locates targets.Detected signals can be assigned to monitoring receiversinstantaneously. The system makes extensive use of computersto reduce the load on operators.

A Boeing 707 airframe provides the PHALCON with sufficientcapacity for equipment and crew. A typical configuration includesup to 11 operator consoles.The Boeing 707 has exellent endurance, and can remain onstation for extended periods. Still another advantage is the highcruise altitude which gives a long surveillance range of zero-altitude targets.

The PHALCON systems can be installed olso on other platforms,such as: Boeing 757, MD-83, Airbus 321 and various bussinessjets.

PHALCON Airframes

Airborne Early Warning System

Each operator work station has a large graphic high-resolution,display for advanced system control.

Data may also be easily communicated to other users.The aircraft’s communications suite includes long-distance securevoice and data links to other aircraft, naval and ground units, aswell as voice and data relay facilities.

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