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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Selex Eyes AESA Radar Progress

[F-5 Tiger II]Selex Galileo is targeting near-term development progress on several of its active, electronically scanned array (AESA) radars, with operational trials of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection application among the most advanced.

The U.S. agency has not indicated how many Vixen 500 radars it will buy for its business jets to replace APG-66s, but a small procurement program is expected following the completion of operational testing, says Bob Mason, Selex Galileo vice president for sales and marketing of radar and advanced targeting systems.

Development testing showed the system could detect ultralight air vehicles at a range of up to 20 nm.

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