This development Typhoon, IPA5 (ZJ700), was the primary testbed for the Captor-E radar, seen here in an anechoic chamber at Warton. The antenna has been carefully blurred to avoid anyone counting the TRMs!
The KAF Typhoons, like the Qatar examples, will be the first to house the Captor-E AESA radar

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The first ECRS.Mk 2 radar prototype in a test chamber at Leonardo’s Crewe Toll facility in Edinburgh. This set used an antenna taken from the Bright Adder technology demonstrator

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BAE’s radar test facility at Warton incorporates apertures that allow test radars to be rolled out to operate, looking out to the south over the Ribble Estuary and towards Manchester and Liverpool airports

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The ECRS.Mk 2 prototype radar seen rolled out of the Warton radar test facility. Radars are mounted on rails to allow them to be manoeuvred into position more easily BAE

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In its initial form, the ECRS.Mk 1 is little more than a German-assembled ECRS.Mk 0, though upgrades are already planned, including a new digital multi-channel receiver and transmitter/receiver modules being developed by Hensoldt

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Already in lay-up at Warton, ZK355 is seen here with a model of the ECRS.Mk 2 radar. A first flight with the radar installed is expected during 2024. Perhaps surprisingly, a single-seat aircraft was chosen as the radar testbed

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The rotational repositioner of ECRS.Mk 2 uses technology initially developed for the oil industry to power the TRMs and antenna. Here is a representative ECRS.Mk 2 multi-function array, seen in place in a Typhoon forward fuselage section

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The ECRS.Mk 2 demands a new, wideband radome, and Meggitt has now designed this. The latest radome follows the same outer mould line as the original, so it will be hard to tell whether an aircraft has been fitted with the new radar

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A BAE Systems radar engineer uses the HOTAS controls on a Typhoon stick top and throttles to manipulate the test radar

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The original Captor-E used a dual swashplate repositioner and was fitted to a Warton-based test aircraft, IPA5. Another was fitted to IPA8 at Manching. The Captor-E served as the prototype for the subsequent ECRS.Mk 0

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This Tranche 3 Typhoon (BS116, ZK355) has been chosen as the Radar Two testbed. By the time the aircraft entered lay-up, it was painted in full No.41 Squadron markings

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A large area display (LAD) will allow the pilot to exploit the situational awareness provided by the ECRS complete Mk 2 radar. It is understood that a Saudi order for more Typhoons depends on the availability of a fully funded ECRS.Mk 2 and LAD

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Eurofighter Typhoons may well be equipped with the world’s best in-service fighter radar

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An artists impression of the ECRS Mk2 fitted to a Eurofighter Typhoon, illustrating the placement of the dish behind the radome and the supporting infrastructure within the aircraft. The Typhoon has a larger nose than comparable aircraft, which allows for a larger radar dish
The ECRS.Mk 2 uses a new multi-function antenna, a new rotational repositioner, an all-new processor, receiver and a dedicated EW receiver and techniques generator

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Kuwait’s Typhoons were the first to be delivered with the ECRS.Mk 0 radar, which was the initial in-service aircraft with a repositioner-equipped AESA

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