Elta/Israeli Aircraft Industries (IAI) EL/M-2075 Radar
Israel has developed the IAI/Elta EL/M-2075 Phalcon system, which uses an AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) in lieu of a rotodome antenna. The system was the first such system into service. The original Phalcon was mounted on a Boeing 707 and developed for the Israeli Defense Force and for export. A Boeing 707 Phalcon system was delivered to Chile in 1993 where it is known as the “Condor”.
The Phalcon AEW&C is based on four sensors: phased-array radar, phased-array IFF, ESM/ELINT and CSM/COMINT. If one sensor reports a detection, the system automatically initiates an active search of the others.
The second generation improvement of the Phalcon system was accomplished in the development of the Israeli ground based IAI EL/M-2080 "Green Pine" radar target tracking system used by the Israeli Defense Force. This system has been exported to several countries.
Israel has recently put in service the EL/W-2085 system on a highly modified Gulfstream G550 aircraft. Equipped with a more efficient and compact version, the Gulfstream 550 CAEW is a long endurance, high altitude, rapid pop-up and descent system with 360° coverage.
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) marketed its Phalcon system to China in competition with the British GEC-Marconi. In 1996 Jerusalem and Beijing signed an agreement for the Phalcon radar system, which China wanted fitted on Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft. The Phalcon's triangular radar array would be mounted on the rear quarter fuselage of the Il-76 to provide full 360° scan coverage. Beijing was expected to acquire several PHALCON AEW systems, and reportedly could buy at least three more (and possibly up to eight) of these systems. But in July 2000 the United States pressured Israel to back out of a $1 billion agreement to sell China four Phalcon phased-array radar systems.
The India Air Force agreed in 2004 to purchase three systems for $1.1 billion. Russia and Israel on 10 October 2004 signed a tripartite agreement to equip the Indian Air Force (IAF) with EL/W-2090 systems. The IAF will mount the EL/W-2090 on Il-76 aircraft supplied by Russia. India received its first aircraft on 25 May 2009.
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