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Friday, August 26, 2011

Ever smarter Beetle

MiG-29UPGPhazotron-NIIR Corporation is displaying at MAKS 2011 an improved version of the famed Zhuk (translates as Beetle) airborne radar with a slotted array antenna.

The Zhuk-ME modification has been developed for the MiG-29K carrier-based fighters currently being built under a contract from the Indian Navy.

The Zhuk-M family has been around for quite some time, but Phazotron-NIIR General Designer Yuri Guskov says each new modification surpasses its predecessors in performance

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